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Ferocious love

Mary Lou Weaver Houser, as an artist and spiritual director, claims gardening as a metaphor for how she intends to nurture community on many levels, whether with personal/family relationships, neighborhood... read more →
  • March 22, 2022
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Raids on the inarticulate: writing poetry as an act of faith

Eric Massanari is a chaplain at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Kansas and a trained spiritual director.  He is a member of the Mennonite Spiritual Directors Network steering committee... read more →
  • February 2, 2022
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A spiritual discipline?

Mag Richer Smith has been a Mennonite pastor for 42 years, serving churches in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. Now she finds that her time with her grandchildren is the most... read more →
  • January 12, 2022
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In the place just right

Leslie James is a retired medical librarian and worship planner. She is also co-author, with Karmen Krahn, of “Proclamation by Design: The visual arts in worship” (Faith and Life Resources,... read more →
  • December 22, 2021
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Gathering silence (to meet with Charles)

Ruben Chupp retired from full-time pastoral ministry after 28 years and now serves as an on-call chaplain at Goshen (Indiana) Health.  He offers spiritual direction and works at two local... read more →
  • November 17, 2021
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Where God’s spirit is already at work

  Written by Evan J. Miller, a spiritual director from Goshen, Indiana, who is a staff member at Pathways Retreat, a spiritual retreat center for rest, renewal and reflection in... read more →
  • April 5, 2021
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When there are no blinds

  Jane Hoober Peifer moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia after retiring from pastoral ministry at Blossom Hill Mennonite Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September of 2013. She continues ministry as a... read more →
  • January 11, 2021
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The inexorable darkness: A reflection for this season of longest nights

Eric Massanari is chaplain of Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Kansas and a trained spiritual director. He is a member of the Mennonite Spiritual Directors Network steering committee and... read more →
  • December 3, 2020
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Prayer before Spiritual Direction

Ruben Chupp retired from full-time pastoral ministry after 28 years and now serves as an on-call chaplain at Goshen Health. He offers spiritual direction and works at two local funeral... read more →
  • November 27, 2020
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Green spiritual direction

Ruben Chupp retired from full-time pastoral ministry after 28 years and now serves as an on-call chaplain at Goshen Health. He offers spiritual direction and works at two local funeral... read more →
  • July 7, 2020
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5 reasons why you might want to meet a spiritual director by video call

Dan Schrock pastors at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen, Indiana, teaches spiritual direction at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, works as a wellness specialist for The Corinthian Plan, and offers... read more →
  • June 11, 2020
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Discerning a call to spiritual direction

June Mears Driedger is a spiritual director and retreat leader who serves at The Hermitage, a retreat center near Three Rivers, Michigan. She is a member of Florence Church of... read more →
  • May 7, 2020
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Are you going to keep going to a spiritual director your whole life?

Suzy Brugger Kanode recently graduated from Eastern Mennonite Seminary where she also earned a spiritual direction certificate through the Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation. She serves as an elder in a... read more →
  • January 7, 2020
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Take a deep breath

Jeanne and Ron Sears began The Seasons Retreat, a nonprofit, in 2016 on a working organic farm in Illinois. Trained as spiritual directors and members of the Mennonite Spiritual Directors... read more →
  • November 8, 2019
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Spiritual direction doctors my spirit

Dan Schrock pastors at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship (Goshen, Indiana), teaches spiritual direction at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, works as a wellness specialist for The Corinthian Plan and offers spiritual... read more →
  • August 15, 2019
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