Groups
NEXT GROUP: 11:30-1 pm Eastern time, first Tuesday of the month. Starts January!
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We can go further on our journeys when we are accompanied by others.
In group spiritual direction the crucial guideline for listening and responding to a group member's sharing is that there is to be no attempt at fixing, saving, advising, or “setting the person straight.” Contemplative listening is listening for the movement of spirit (or divine love or meaning or energy) with and through the person who is sharing. The act of responding is an act of witnessing and reflecting the holy or sacred.
Group members are accompanied in their spiritual exploration, deepen their own journeys by witnessing others' journeys AND begin to learn the art of being a spiritual companion.
Several ingredients are essential for group spiritual direction.
Confidentiality. The group will be a place where personal soul-work happens. This kind of intimacy requires the confidence that nothing shared in the group will be shared outside the group.
Regular attendance. Group members need to commit to coming to every meeting if at all possible.
Willingness. Group members need to commit to an honest relationship with one another and what each holds holy, participating wholeheartedly in the group process through contemplative listening and response, and opening their spiritual journeys for consideration by others
A group like this—which invites people to share their own spiritual journeys, be personal and authentic, and seek transformation for the sake of others—is very unusual. You won't hear the average after-dinner conversation when we meet. For this reason, spiritual direction groups need informed facilitators to lead. This group is led by a trained, credentialed spiritual direction companion.
Pay-from-the-heart pricing guideline: $225 to $300 for 5 month commitment. (can be paid in 2 installments.) (That works out to $45-$60/month. When you contribute more, someone else is able to pay less.)
We will have topics and have space to bring personal reflections. Brief readings will be sent out the week before.
February: Spiritual Compost
March: Circles of Compassion
April: Divine Mirth
May: Flowering
June: Deep Knowing
September: Fruits
October: Spiritual Ancestry
November: Eldering
December: Lights in Darkness
January: Wisdom from our Bones
3-5 persons per group