Spiritual Direction

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Spiritual guidance is being offered in-person again, but phone and Zoom continue to be options.

Individual Guidance
In spiritual direction, you reflect deeply on daily life experiences and the role of God in your life and the world. It is sacred time to draw closer to God and become attentive to the movement of the Holy Spirit. Or as Thomas Keating says about spiritual direction: “The work of spiritual direction is to help us to become aware of the obstacles to divine love and the free circulation of that love within us.”

There are many reasons why you might seek spiritual direction. You may be

living through a period of transition

questioning your faith

grieving a loss

experiencing a time of desert dryness in your faith life

needing to discern a direction or path

struggling with an illness, physical or mental

wanting to draw closer to God.

Typically, spiritual direction is sought on a monthly basis and appointments are scheduled in advance. The first session is free, and then a sliding fee of $40-$60/hour applies.

Small Group Leadership
Judy’s small group leadership has included group discussions on spiritual topics. She has led workshops for the South-Central Synod of WI, ELCA lay education program. She led a retreat on Sabbath in Everyday Life: A Retreat for Lay Leaders, sponsored by the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin ELCA and the Wisconsin Council of Churches, and a similar retreat for lay women of the Minneapolis Synod of the ELCA. She has led Sunday Adult Educational Programs on spirituality for area congregations, and has given Lenten and Advent presentations at Holy Wisdom Monastery on a variety of topics such as compassion, Thomas Merton and Social Activism, Holiness in Ourselves, and Hildegard
of Bingen. Judy has also led Benedictine Oblate Retreats, the most recent on the topic of living a mindful path.

Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and gives strength to body and soul alike. (John Muir)

Nurturing the Contemplative and Creative