Spiritual Direction: Wisdom
Spiritual Direction: Wisdom and Spiritual Direction: Mystery are the next level of our supervised program for those who want to become spiritual directors or to make spiritual guidance a part of their ministry.
Wisdom and Mystery are offered in alternating years. You can take one or both parts in any order.
Who can sign up for Spiritual Direction: Wisdom?
Spiritual Direction: Foundations is a prerequisite for taking Spiritual Direction: Wisdom. A spiritual direction training program similar to Foundations may be substituted for the prerequisite with approval from the instructor.
What will I learn in Spiritual Direction: Wisdom?
The Wisdom seminar focuses primarily (although not exclusively) on the perceptive insights and concrete skills that we spiritual directors bring to our work. Topics may include:
- Exploring five spiritual pathways in directees
- Creation spiritualities
- The nature of transformation
- Developing rules of life
- Understanding the stages of spiritual practice
- Using the arts
- Long-term direction relationships
- Working with highly sensitive persons
- Navigating boundary crossings and violations
Will I come to campus or work from home?
Offered fully online, the Wisdom seminar requires a total of eight days of online class plus reading, supervision and several short assignments, all of which can be done from home.
What kind of work will we be doing?
You鈥檒l immerse yourself in both the theory and practice of spiritual guidance through:
- Interactive classroom presentations
- Mentoring and supervision from the instructor
- Group prayer
- Practical, directed reading and writing assignments
- Regular meetings with directees of your own
What will be expected of me as a participant?
- Attend all sessions and keep up with all assignments.
- Offer regular spiritual direction to at least two people during the year, preferably three.
- Receive regular spiritual direction from your own director.
- Present three cases for supervision.
- Review a book for spiritual directors on a topic of your choice.
Will I receive academic credit?
You won鈥檛 receive academic credit, but 3.2 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are available for completing this seminar.
Schedule
Spiritual Direction: Wisdom meets online via Zoom for a total of eight days over the course of an academic year, beginning in October and ending in May.
Contact
Email us or call 574.296.6269.
