Looking for a place for timeout? Planning a retreat next year? Want some training in Spiritual Direction? You can read all about possibilities in the 2021 handbook from Spiritual Growth Ministries. See their website www.sgm.org.nz Spiritual Growth Ministries is a network of people from diverse Christian traditions and experience who find depth and meaning through the whole Christian heritage of contemplative spirituality. The Spiritual Growth Ministries Trust* aims to enable people to develop spiritual resources for their life and work by deepening their relationship with God in Jesus Christ through spiritual direction, formation of spiritual directors, retreats and … [Read more...]
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The Revd Dr Jenny Dawson describes her Spiritual Direction training, in Australia. Why does she go to remote Kincumber four times a year? Jenny Dawson Is it because I just love learning?Is it because I know I need more skills to offer the people who come to me for spiritual direction?Is it because I have had some formation, enough to know the riches of experiencing more?Is it because, like many of my friends, I have a child living in Australia and want to have opportunities to visit?is it because I won Lotto so have lots of money to spend on travel? All these factors are part of my response (yes to all of them except the last!) when people ask me why I am doing a course that will … [Read more...]
