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Spiritual Direction is a space solely dedicated to allowing you to pay attention to God being with you - to tend to your relationship.

In Spiritual Direction, we can practice different kinds of prayer, listen to God together through moments of silence, talk about your experience of God and/or the questions you have for God, and celebrate the Good and Holy moments of your life. 

In my experience, when we meet for the purpose of being curious about what God is up to, and we invite the Spirit of God to be present, God provides - or rather, we become more aware of what he was always offering and are now more ready to receive whatever that is. 

Generally one meeting per month, 45-50 minutes, in Katlyn’s office, Ezell 220D. Meeting times can accommodate your class and work schedule.

Email Katlyn (katlyn.nowers [at] lipscomb.edutarget="_blank") to set up a meeting.

Interested in meeting with another Spiritual Director? Check out our CBM Spiritual Director Network

An exploratory, goal-oriented process where we take a deep look at the ways in which you order your life (how you spend your time and attention), and then we make a very practical plan for beginning to re-order it in a way that:

• (1) Reduces obstacles that keep you from enjoying God’s gift of abundant life
• (2) Increases your availability and openness to God.

Through this process, you will create and maintain daily rhythms that reduce the clutter in your mind and heart and increase your sense of freedom. 

You'll be making more room for the Good Shepherd to do his healing work and help you live as you were created to live.

Generally one meeting per month, 45-50 minutes, in Katlyn’s office, Ezell 220D. Meeting times can accommodate your class and work schedule.

Email Katlyn (katlyn.nowers [at] lipscomb.edutarget="_blank") to set up a meeting.

Safe Place Practice

This is an imaginative prayer practice, developed by Terry Wardle, President of Healing Care Ministries, in which you are invited to imagine yourself with Jesus in a safe place.

PDF Guide

Hear Terry describe this practice in depth and lead the listener through the prayer. (He will begin the prayer at around minute 7.)

Prayer

Practice Being Known

This is an imaginative prayer practice, developed by Curt Thompson, M.D., author of Anatomy of the Soul, in which you are invited to receive the Jesus's baptismal blessing along with him (based on Luke 3).

PDF Guide

Spiritual Location Exercise

This is a journaling exercise in which you're invited to take a deep look at the whole of your life (mind, emotions, body, relationships, and longings) and to ask God what God might be inviting you into in this season of your life.

PDF Guide

Being Known Podcast

"With the Being Known Podcast, we will discover what it means to be truly known, exploring the intersection of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) and Christian spiritual formation."

The BK podcast is available at Apple Podcasts and YouTube (both found at the link above) as well as Spotify HERE.

Applications, reflections exercises to accompany each episode, can be found HERE. 

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Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer

"In [Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer], Tucker Redding, SJ, guides you through a form of prayer called Ignatian Contemplation, in which you use your imagination to see and interact with various scenes from Scripture. Drawing upon the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, this series will help you engage with Scripture in a new way by bringing these stories to life."

The Imagine podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify (all found at the link above).