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Spiritual Direction

About Spiritual Direction

Spiritual Direction involves meeting with another Christian to give prayerful attention to your relationship with God. In Spiritual Direction, you receive help discerning how God is speaking to you, how to respond to Him, and how to live out your relationship with Him.

Individual Spiritual Direction

In Individual Spiritual Direction, you meet one-on-one with a trained spiritual director once a month. Meetings take place in Marshburn Hall (overflow in the Grove modules). Each meeting typically lasts 45 minutes. The purpose of Individual Spiritual Direction is to grow in your capacity to relate to God, therefore the attention of the spiritual director and the dialogue you carry together will be centered on that relationship. It is a time to grow in your capacity to discern the movement and direction of the Holy Spirit in your life. The spiritual director will ask you questions to gain greater understanding of your relationship with God and will often incorporate the reading of and reflection on Scripture as part of the time.

How to Sign Up

To sign up for Individual Spiritual Direction:

  • Submit this online application.
  • Staff will review your application and assign you to a spiritual director based on schedule availability and gender preferences (your application remains confidential).
  • Your assigned spiritual director will contact you to arrange an initial meeting.

How to get credit for Spiritual Direction

Yes, Spiritual Direction can count toward chapel credit as long as you meet with your Director at least two times by the last day of classes and direction is not required for a class. Meeting during finals will not count for chapel credit. You will receive 1 credit for each session you meet with your Director, up to a maximum of 5 credits per semester.

Spiritual direction sessions will be recorded in the same way that chapel credits are recorded. There are QR codes posted in each direction room that you will scan at the end of each session. Each QR code is unique and depends on which session you are recording (i.e. first session, second session, etc.). Please be mindful of which QR code you are scanning to ensure that you receive credit for the correct session.

Questions

For additional information, check out the Institute for Spiritual Formation website, or call them at (562) 903-4888.