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Spiritual Practices & Spiritual Direction — why it’s important & why it’s for me — Spring Training 2021
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HELLO!
The Rev. Tim Hodapp Canon for Mission Collaboration
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1. AGENDA But first, let’s begin with Dwelling in the Word
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“ People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the “ little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them and blessed them. [Mark 10: 13-16] 4
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Agenda ◈ Opening Prayer: DITW ◈ The Spiritual Journey: Practice & Direction ◈ Practices: Meditative, Ministry, Media, Mind, & Movement ◈ Spiritual Direction: What It Is & What It Isn’t ◈ Resources 5
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2. THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
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RELATIONSHIPS: -GOD -PEOPLE -CREATION -OURSELF
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and “suddenly you are doing the impossible.” —St. Francis of Assisi 7
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MEDITATIVE: -CENTERING PRAYER -BEADS -DAILY OFFICE -MEDITATION
The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction “from the world of things. It is a part of every man’s life; and until he has realised it, he is not a complete human being, has not entered into possession of all his powers. —Evelyn Underhill 9
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MINISTRY: -CARING -HOSPITALITY -MONEY -GRATITUDE
In daily life, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us “grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. —David Stendl-Rast 10
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MEDIA: -TECHNOLOGY -MUSIC -ART -MOVIES
The church needs creators, artists, and technologists, not just “because technology can tell stories, but because technology is actually part of the story of God. —John Dyer 11
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MIND: -READING -STUDY -WRITING -CONSCIOUSNESS
You can’t understand the Creed like your Baedeker guide to Athens. It’s in the “language of poetry. It’s trying to talk about things that can’t be pinned down by words, and it has to try to break words apart and thrust beyond them. —Madeline L’Engle 12
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MOVEMENT: -BODY -WALKING -NATURE -HANDIWORK
The first miracle is to be present and able to touch deeply the “miracles of life, like the blue sky, a flower, the smile of a child. —Thich Nhat Nhan 13
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4. SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
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& WHAT IT ISN’T Our lives, given graciously by God, are not problems to be solved but journeys to be taken with Jesus as our friend and finest guide.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen 15
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CARE OF MIND | CARE OF SPIRIT [Gerald G. May, M.D. | Harper & Row]
The most obvious difference in content between psychotherapy and “spiritual direction is that the former focuses on mental and emotional dimensions (thoughts, feelings, moods, and so on) while the latter focuses more precisely on spiritual issues such as prayer life, religious experiences, and sense of relationship to God. — Gerald May
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CARE FOR SOULS VS. CURE FOR MINDS
Spiritual Psychotherapy Direction
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WHAT IT IS We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
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THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
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GOD & ME
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NOTICE & REFLECT
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RELATE & RESIST
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EVALUATE
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WHAT TO EXPECT: -WHO? -WHY? -WHAT? -HOW? -WHERE?
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5. RESOURCES Where one might begin…
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RESOURCES: BOOKS ON SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
The Rule of St. The Wisdom Way Mindfulness Benedict: A Spirituality of Knowing for Beginners: for the 21st Century [Jossey-Bass]; and Reclaiming the Present Chittister, Joan The Wisdom Jesus Moment and Your Life Crossroads Publishing Co. Bourgeault, Cynthia [Sounds True Books]; and Shambala The Spiritual Exercises Wherever You Go, of St. Ignatius Living in the Presence There You Are: Ganss, George E. Edwards, Tilden Mindfulness Meditation The Institute of Jesuit Harper & Row in Everyday Life Resources Kabat-Zinn, Jon MJF Books 29
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RESOURCES: BOOKS ON SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
Bringing Home Conversation — Gratefulness, the Heart the Dharma the Sacred Art of Prayer: An Approach Kornfield, Jack Millis, Diane M. to Life in Fullness Shambala Skylight Paths Steindl-Rast, Bro. David Strength for Life of the Beloved Paulist Press the Journey [Crossroad]; and Holy Living: The Miller, Renee Reaching Out: the Christian Tradition Morehouse Publishing Three Movements for Today of the Spiritual Life Williams, Rowan Nouwen, Henri J.M. Bloomsbury Alfred A. Knopf 30
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RESOURCES: BOOKS ON SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
The Practice of Spiritual Direction Finding Grace Spiritual Direction and Meditation at the Center Barry, William A. Merton, Thomas Pennington, M. Basil Connolly, William J. The Liturgical Press Keating, Thomas HarperOne Wisdom for the Long St. Bede’s Publications Holy Listening: Walk of Faith Being Disciples: The Art of Spiritual Nouwen, Henri J.M. Essentials of the Direction; and HarperCollins Books Christian Life & Toward Holy Ground The Active Life Being Christian & Guenther, Margaret Palmer, Parker Christ on Trial Cowley Publications Jossey-Bass Williams, Rowan Wm. B. Erdman’s Publishing 31
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RESOURCES: ONLINE
◈ Spiritual Directors International ◈ Canterbury Cathedral sdicompanions.org canterbury-cathedral.org
◈ Society of St. John the Evangelist ◈ Sacred Space ssje.org sacredspace.ie
◈ Center for Action & Contemplation ◈ Adelynrood [SCHC] cac.org adelynrood.org
◈ Washington National Cathedral ◈ Annand Program cathedral.org berkleydivinity.yale.edu 32
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Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. (Jer. 18:6)
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6. Q&R AND CLOSING The journey continues…
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THANKS! Any further questions? You can find me at [email protected]
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