About Pathways Spiritual Direction

• Where are you in your life with God? 
• Are you growing in your faith?  
• Do you sense a path before you, a purpose or a calling?
• Is there a cadence, a rhythm to your relationship with God? 
• Do you experience delight when you spend time with God? 
• Do you feel God's loving gaze and presence with you as you go about your day? 
• Do you long for more in your life with God?

This kind of conversation is what Spiritual Direction is all about! In Spiritual Direction we slow down, we create a spacious place to talk about the deeper things of life. Things like the inner movements of the Spirit of God within you and how you have responded in the past, how you respond in the present and how you desire to respond in the future. 

Spiritual Direction is not discipleship or mentorship. As Director and Directee, we will walk together and explore the pathways and landscape of your faith. We will examine who God is to you, how He has made you and how you interact with God in this life. Together as companions we explore how God speaks to you and what your heart longs for in the deep spaces of your soul. We all need a safe space to speak about these things that go on within us, these interior movements of the soul. Spiritual Direction is that place.

"History shows that throughout the centuries followers of the way of Christ have sought help from mature Christians who had a deep capacity to listen with their hearts, who were familiar with the signposts and struggles on the Christian journey towards holiness, and who could, when familiar landmarks disappeared in the darkness, provide a strong beacon to keep the light of God alive." -Sue Pickering, Spiritual Direction

David G Benner describes Spiritual Direction as "a prayer process in which a person seeking help in cultivating a deeper personal relationship with God meets with another for prayer and conversation that is focused on increasing awareness of God in the midst of life experiences and facilitating surrender to God's will."

The goal of Spiritual Direction is to foster union with God and attunement to the movements of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christ-follower. Spiritual Direction is for Christ followers of all denominations in any point along their faith journey. Whether you feel you might be losing your faith or you are thriving and long for more, Spiritual Direction meets each person right where they are in a safe and welcoming, sacred space.