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Spiritual direction : a guide to giving and receiving direction / Gordon T. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830864706
  • 0830864709
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spiritual directionDDC classification:
  • 253.5/3 23
LOC classification:
  • BV5053 .S65 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 The Ministry of Spiritual Direction; 2 Theological Perspectives; 3 Focused Conversation; 4 Attending to What Is Happening in Our Prayers; 5 A Spiritual Direction Session; 6 Pastoral Ministry, Evangelism and Friendship; 7 The Qualities and Character of a Director; 8 The Qualities and Character of a Directee; 9 The Holy Spirit as Spiritual Director; Notes; For Further Reading; About the Author; Formatio; Books by Gordon T. Smith.
Summary: We are not alone. God is present with us. And God gives us companions on the journey. A spiritual director is one such companion, offering spiritual guidance to help<ul><li>make sense of the faith journey</li><li>interpret the significant markers on the road</li><li>encourage us, particularly through the more difficult transitions and valleys of our pilgrimage</li><li>and, most of all, to notice the ministry of the Spirit in our lives</li></ul>Gordon Smith writes:Even if we have been Christians and maturing in our faith for many years, we still need the encouragement and guidance that might com.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)688230

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 The Ministry of Spiritual Direction; 2 Theological Perspectives; 3 Focused Conversation; 4 Attending to What Is Happening in Our Prayers; 5 A Spiritual Direction Session; 6 Pastoral Ministry, Evangelism and Friendship; 7 The Qualities and Character of a Director; 8 The Qualities and Character of a Directee; 9 The Holy Spirit as Spiritual Director; Notes; For Further Reading; About the Author; Formatio; Books by Gordon T. Smith.

We are not alone. God is present with us. And God gives us companions on the journey. A spiritual director is one such companion, offering spiritual guidance to help<ul><li>make sense of the faith journey</li><li>interpret the significant markers on the road</li><li>encourage us, particularly through the more difficult transitions and valleys of our pilgrimage</li><li>and, most of all, to notice the ministry of the Spirit in our lives</li></ul>Gordon Smith writes:Even if we have been Christians and maturing in our faith for many years, we still need the encouragement and guidance that might com.