Soul Friendship

Notes from a different drummer
Learning the unforced rhythms of grace

The practical How
Soul nurturing

• Soul friendship (Spiritual direction)

"It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do,

than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship

as you work it out yourself.

This is what spiritual direction is.”

                                                                     ~ Eugene H. Peterson

In the previous posts Spiritual Direction - 1, Spiritual Direction - 2 and Spiritual Direction - 3 we've dealt extensively with the subject of spiritual direction. (See also the label heading Spiritual Direction that leads to other posts that touches on the subject).

Here, we are merely indicating its importance in the process of Soul Nurturing. Such a soul friend that you see on a regular basis can be of much help in the process of tuning into the notes from a different Drummer and learning the unforced rhythms of grace.

Donna Roberts once said:

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart

and can sing it back to you

when you have forgotten the words.

Someone with a spiritual director can vouch for that. 

George