Item 1671 - Spiritual directions

2 p. of textual records

This item is a 2 page article by Henri Nouwen entitled ‘Spiritual Direction” . It is part 3 of a series of 3 published in The Word, Christ Episcopal Church, Oil City, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., November 1984, pp. 5 & 12. This item appears to be an excerpt from Reflection by Yale University Divinity School and Berkeley Divinity School, Connecticut, January 1981, Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 7 - 8. Nouwen speaks of the discipline of the heart and its need for spiritual direction. Nouwen identifies the spiritual director as ‘a mature fellow Christian’ whom one may see regularly or from time to time according to need. Nouwen concludes by stating ‘It is important that we are thinking about a ministry in which we help one another to practice the disciplines of the Church, the Book and the Heart and thus live a life in which we become more and more sensitive to the ongoing presence of God in our lives’.

Item is 3 of a series of 3 articles. Archives does not have part 2. See Published works series, box 296, item 1670, for part 1.

Published in The Word 2, no. 8 ([November 1984?]): 5, 12.by Christ Episcopal Church, Oil City, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Reprinted by permission from the Berkeley Divinity School is printed at the conclusion of the article.This item appears to be reprinted from: Reflection by Yale University Divinity School and Berkeley Divinity School, Connecticut, January 1981, Vol. 78, No. 2 pp. 7 - 8.

Date was based on contents of publication.
Annotation on the front of the publication: "file with 'Spiritual Direction'".

Added by L Joson, 10 November 2017
Revised by L Joson, 22 June 2018