So many people, resigned to the fact that we can’t go back to pre-pandemic routines, seek to live into a new rhythm post-pandemic. Just a few weeks ago, the New York Times published an article, “Can Spiritual Directors Help?” citing that one gift of meeting with a spiritual director/companion is the opportunity to take a “meaningful step to help you find wholeness and balance in life, not to mention a sense of connection with however you might refer to God, Allah, The Universe, or the Ground of All Being, that which connects us all” (Spiritual Directors International, a nonprofit).
The article articulates so well the many ways in which people are blessed by the listening presence of a spiritual director who helps a person to hold space for questions, wrestling, search, compassion, illumination and deepening …
We offer a link to the article HERE in case you are interested in reading more.
—Ann Jackson, PBVM, Prairiewoods spiritual services coordinator