“To Steal, Kill, and Destroy”: Anxiety and Spiritual Direction

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I’m excited to share that I just had a short article published in Connections, the online publication of Spiritual Directors International, which is – quite self-explanatorily – an organized community for spiritual directors, also known as spiritual companions, or people who help other people become more aware of where and how God is present in their lives. (Hint: He’s everywhere – if we just learn to look!) SDI claims “more than 6,500 members in 42 countries around the world.”

In my article, “Facing Performance Anxiety in Spiritual Direction” (p. 7 of the newsletter), I describe a bit of what it’s like to be a new spiritual director and to feel my inner “demons” of insecurity and fear triggered by something that happens in a direction session as well as how my peer supervisors helped me get to the bottom of what was bothering me.

Here are two short snippets from the piece.Screenshot 2018-05-25 at 11.42.41 AM

 

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And here’s the header image the editor chose: Screenshot 2018-05-25 at 11.47.33 AM

That’s me, facing down my fears! Obviously on a day where I’m wearing fake eyelashes.

(You can find the complete article and the full edition of Connections here.)

5 Replies to ““To Steal, Kill, and Destroy”: Anxiety and Spiritual Direction”

    1. Thank you, janesig! I enjoyed your blog and am so happy you “took back your crayons!” I tried to leave “likes,” but either my computer or my wordpress interface (or both) is not cooperating. So please consider this a “like” for your whole creative endeavor as well as your spiritual journey. 🙂

    1. Thank you, Christy! I am grateful indeed! Blessings to you as well and may your own “nagging voices” be drowned out by his words of love and approval.

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