Spiritual Direction - Why We Need it and What it Is

First show - Introducing the show and the hosts Dan Burke and Melissa Elson

General Topic: Spiritual Direction Discussion exploring Dan's book Navigating the Interior Life - Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God

Spiritual Direction - Why we need it (blind spots) - Mountain Lion Story - the three doors or entry ways to the soul - the World, the Flesh, and the Devil

Spiritual Direction - What it is and Is Not

Spiritual Direction is Not:

• Psychological Counseling

Caller Question:

• Can a lay person provide spiritual direction or is it most preferable to have a priest as a spiritual director?
  • Spiritual direction and confession are two different things
  • Value of a priest in spiritual direction - special role
  • Value and limits of a layperson in spiritual direction
  • St. John Paul II had a lay spiritual director

Resources:

• Catholic Therapists Association
• AVI Spiritual Mentorship Program - Spiritual Direction School in Kansas City