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Articles of special interest from the SPIDIR newsletter and a small selection of reference books about spiritual direction

ARTICLES (click on the title to take you to the article in full)

Spiritual direction for today - Gordon Jeff

Still losing our bearings - Richard Buck

Away with spiritual directors! - John Hawkins

Models of Direction - Dorothy Nicholson

Spirituality and daily life - Lyndon van der Pump

Spiritual Direction in the Jewish and Muslim Traditions

25 years of SPIDIR - Dorothy Nicholson

BOOKS (a small selection)

Approaches to Prayer
a booklet edited by Henry Morgan under the auspices of SPIDIR; available in full on the website of the Annunciation Trust at
www.annunciationtrust.org.uk/approaches/index.shtml

Spiritual Direction for Every Christian
by Gordon Jeff (published by SPCK, 1987, revised with the support of SPIDIR and published by SPCK July 2007) see also Gordon Jeff's article Spiritual direction for today above

Holy Listening: the Art of Spiritual Direction
by Margaret Guenther (published by Darton, Longman and Todd, 1992)

Introducing Spiritual Direction
by Peter Ball (published by SPCK, September 2003)

Soul Friend: Spiritual Direction in the Modern World
by Kenneth Leech (published by Darton, Longman and Todd, 2nd ed. 1994)

Consider the Blackbird: Reflections on Spirituality and Language,

by Harvey Gillman (published by Quakerbooks, 2007).
A book examining the use of language and its impact on spirituality takes the reader on a journey through language using poetry, philosophy and insights from different religions. Harvey argues that the way we use language – the way we speak, the way we search for meaning and the way we declare our truths – is often at the root of political and spiritual dis-ease in the world. We need to understand this if our calls to action and plans to change the world are to have their fullest impact.

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