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Spiritual direction does not make anything happen.
It helps a person or an organization wake up to notice how
the living Spirit is already present, moving, and inviting.
In that way, it serves as a kind of GPS for the soul. “Helping people tell their sacred stories everyday.”
- Spiritual Directors International |
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You see, every human being and community has a sacred story. The challenge is waking up to it, and beginning to live consciously from it. Bread of Life spiritual directors and dialogue facilitators assist individuals, groups and communities in ‘listening to their life’ for this deeper dimension.
Spiritual direction appointments are available at our Sacramento site as well as in home offices located in Pleasanton, Martinez, Chico, Woodland and Davis. To get started, please contact our Intake Coordinator, Bill Kees.
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| The thread of the Holy appears in many guises like: |
| a moment of connection to what really matters… |
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an experience of being gloriously alive… |
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a sense of meaning and purpose… |
| a glimmer of hope that allows movement through a dark time… |
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a longing for something more… |
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a sense of awe or wonder… |
| a disturbing question that knocks on the door of awareness. |
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Holy listening - also called spiritual direction or companionship - evokes awareness of the ways God/Spirit/Christ/Holy Mystery moves in everyday life. An ongoing connection with a spiritual director helps a person, community, or organization notice and respond to the presence and invitation of the Sacred in growing freedom and deepening relationship.
Click here for our Spiritual Direction brochure. For more information about spiritual direction see the Spiritual Directors International website at www.sdiworld.org.
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Besides traditional spiritual direction for individuals and groups, we offer the Path of Contemplative Dialogue as a means for communal bodies or organizations to access the deeper currents of their corporate life.
We also offer a 3 year formation program in the art of spiritual direction and partner with the Centre for contemplative dialogue in offering a 2 year practicum in dialogue facilitation.
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