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Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls: A Guide to Christian Approaches and Practices is unavailable, but you can change that!

In recent years, many Christian clergy, laity and mental health professionals have rediscovered the ancient practices of spiritual direction. Seen as a refreshing alternative to the techniques and limitations of modern psychology, such practices offer new insights for pastoral care. But many remain unclear on what spiritual direction is and whether its methods are applicable to their own clients...

ultimate spiritual director, Jesus, and his advice to all who would listen: Slow down, be at peace, listen to my words, and you will become aware that the NO SWIMMING sign has been removed from the “springs of living water” (see Mt 6:25–34; Jn 4:14; 10:10; 14:27). The profundity of the simple notion of learning how to experience the presence of God was recently highlighted for one of us (GM) while participating in a roundtable discussion of Christian spiritual formation. Each person present had two
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