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Special interest projects relating to spiritual direction:

Practices of prayer

Each participant in the second year of the Spiritual Growth Ministries Spiritual Directors' Formation Programme engages in a project on an aspect the work of spiritual direction in which they have a particular interest.

​The following papers explore particular approaches to prayer in relation to spiritual direction:


> An Introduction to Focusing - Lynne Brown

> Body Awareness - Allowing Our Bodies To Lead Us In Prayer - Emma Alldridge

> Camino Conversations - Pilgrimage as a Spiritual Practice - Kathryn Overall

> Charismatic Gifts and Speaking in Tongues - Christeen Mackay

> Come and See: Walking and seeing as a way of connecting with God - Vivienne Holt
      with Come and see - accompanying pamphlet - Vivienne Holt

> Companioning Directees in Apophatic (Wordless and Imageless) Prayer - Mel McKenzie 


> Contemplative Prayer, Enneagram and Spiritual Growth - Renate Frei

> Doorways to the Sacred: The Use of Visual Objects in Spiritual Direction - Karen Haines             *** NEW PAPER ***

> From Head to Hands - Creative Processes in Spiritual Direction - Alice Wood

> Into Silence - The Sound of a Gentle Whisper 
(A prayer resource - see also separate 
Cover Sheet) - Holly Walton

> Journalling in a Nutshell - Barb Harrison

> Labyrinth Meditations - Katherine Opie

> Living Silence - Mary Ebyarimpa

> Music and Spiritual Direction - Philippa Brocklehurst


> Music as a Sacred Experience - Kaye McGregor (see also the accompanying song brochure)

> Praying With Icons – Andrew J. Brown

> Praying with the Imagination - Robyn Lewis

> Responding to God through Religious Art - Joanne Garton

> Sabbath Rest as a Contemplative Practice - Petra Corbett

> Sacred Objects Revisited - Sharryn McAuliffe

> Spiritual Direction in a Digital Age: Helping People Connect with God in a Distracted World - Joshua Taylor

> Taizé Style Music and Contemplation - Christine Scott

> The Communication of God Through His Creation - Brendon Ojala

> The Place of Prayer in Spiritual Direction - Sandra Thomas  

> The Value of God-Focused Times - Colleen Mounsey

> Whisperings of Intimacy - Jo Anastadiadis



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    • What is spiritual direction?
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