"What are my deepest values; what matters to me most?"

"What do I want the direction of my life to be?"

"What are God's desires for me?"

"What blocks me and how can I be free from these blocks?"

Spiritual direction is listening for God. Perhaps better called spiritual accompaniment, it offers an opportunity to reflect upon these questions. An important aspect of this conversation may be to discuss spiritual practice or prayer life, work and relationships. The conversation with a spiritual director also offers a space to articulate realistic visions for your life and to explore how they may be grounded in practice.

Spiritual direction is the act of paying attention to God, calling attention to God, being attentive to God in a person or circumstances or situation. A prerequisite is standing back, doing nothing. It opens a quiet eye of adoration. It releases the energetic wonder of faith. It notices the Invisibilities in and beneath and around the Visibilities. It listens for the Silences between the spoken Sounds. Eugene H Peterson

Other takes on spiritual direction can be found in an article by Gerald May and at the Annunciation Trust.

Brief Details

  • Times: sessions with me last about an hour and take place every 1 to 3 months, depending on what suits you.
  • Place: I am available to see people at the Westminster Cathedral Centre for Spirituality the London Centre for Spirituality and at the Chaplaincy of St Bartholomew's Hospital.
  • Cost: I ask for a donation of between £10 and £50, depending on how much you can reasonably afford.
  • Confidentiality: what you say will not be disclosed to anyone else.
  • There will be an initial interview for you to see whether this way of working with me is right for you. There are regular opportunities to review the process and its rightness for you.

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