Giving spiritual direction and preparing to become a spiritual director are characterized in terms of the preparation, qualities, and practical considerations necessary for guiding fellow Christians.
The blistering, perhaps unfair, critique from Janet Martin Soskice may be found in her “Friendship,” in Fields of Faith: Theology and Religious Studies for the TwentyFirst Century, edited by David F. Ford, Ben Quash, and Janet Martin ...
Spiritual Friends provides a biblically relevant training manual and relationally practical workbook for relating God's truth to human relationships. Spiritual Friends is for the layperson, pastor, or professional Christian counselor.
Like wise old friends, two Tibetan masters offer down-to-earth advice for cultivating compassion, wisdom, and happiness in every situation. Based on practical Buddhist verses on "thought training" Advice from a...
Intimacy with others is a part of our soul's architecture, and it can restore life and health to our depleted souls. Spiritual Friendship introduces you to principles of friendship that bring focus to your spiritual life.
Follows and completes Aelred's earlier treatise on love, "The Mirror of Charity". In it he reflects on the theories of friendship propunded by the great stoic philosophic Cicero. A humanist...
Friendship is proposed as the foundational relationship that virtue creates--friendship with self, others, and God. "Friendship" says that to recover virtue in today's society, one must order his life around values.
Spiritual friendships aren't easy, but they're worth it. Spiritual Friendship explores the spiritual and Biblical foundations for spiritual friendships.
In Walking Together: Discovering the Catholic Tradition of Spiritual Friendship, author, journalist, and speaker Mary DeTurris Poust examines rich and nurturing examples of spiritual friendship from well-known saints, writers, and spiritual ...
Through this book you will discover what spiritual friendship is and how it differs from other forms find practical ways to develop and nurture spiritual friendships meet spiritual companions from biblical and Christian history explore the ...
The book is a mixture of practical suggestions and deep spiritual wisdom about trust and openness to God's Spirit, which best characterizes spiritual friendship.