Spiritual Directors International Announcements

Spiritual Care Summit

sdinick — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:15:28 -0500

Spiritual Directors International participated in the Spiritual Care Summit gathering of North American chaplains. The chair of the summit, George Grant, PhD, visited the Spiritual Directors International booth and is pictured with Lisa Irish (in the background, Bobbi Breitman and Carol Ludwig). Member Bobbi Wright, a spiritual director and a chaplain, writes about the thread that links spiritual direction and chaplaincy in the Christian tradition:

The connection between chaplaincy and spiritual direction is that of holy listening. Listening is one of the most important gifts that we can give the each other. Holy listening entails silencing all noise and interruptions around us and centering in on the other. It involves also bringing the Holy One into the moment. We listen and talk differently when someone else is listening. In our holy silence, we not only listen to ourselves, but also to the Other. As we practice this in our daily lives, we can listen this way with anyone we encounter. What a powerful message this sends. We are indeed blessed with God-given goodness and beauty of the gift of listening.

New Review Panel Members

sdinick — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:50:17 -0500

Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction welcomes three new members to the editorial review panel:

Gordon Self from Alberta, Canada
Gloria Tiede from Vancouver, Canada
Doug Gregg from St. George, Utah, USA

For a full list of current panel members, click here.

Expand yourself!

sdinick — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:25:11 -0500

Be sure your expanded listing is in the print version of Seek and Find: A Worldwide Resource Guide of Available Spiritual Directors. All current members of Spiritual Directors International who are available for spiritual direction will be listed in the print version of the Seek and Find Guide. However, if you want an expanded listing, you need to act soon. The deadline is May 1 for making it into the print version. (The print version will mail in August 2007.) Click here for more information on upgrading your listing.

Link to Spiritual Directors International

sdinick — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:54:39 -0500

If you have a Web site, and you would like to let folks know you are a member of Spiritual Directors International, here is a handy link you can post. The instructions for posting the link are here. Every hit the Spiritual Directors International gets raises the Google ranking and spreads the word in the world about the ministry of spiritual direction.

What's your story?

sdinick — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:32:41 -0500

How did you get involved in spiritual direction?
What do you find compelling about it?
How has it changed your life?

Your story can help seekers find out about the wonderful benefits of spiritual direction. Please take a few minutes to share. Click here, and tell your story. With this small act of generosity, you may help someone seeking a deeper peace notice the possibility of spiritual direction for their lives. Thank you!

Third Annual Poetry Contest

sdinick — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:07:24 -0500

Deadline ~~May 15!~~ extended to May 31!

Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction announces its third annual juried poetry contest.

The grand prize winner will be awarded a $100.00 USD cash prize. Three runners up will receive $75.00 USD each. The top four selections will be published in the September, December, March, and June issues of Presence, respectively. A number of honorable mentions will also be selected for future publication.

Anyone may enter. However, there are a few simple guidelines to follow.

Only one submission per person is allowed.
Poems may be no longer than 30 lines.
Only previously unpublished poetry can be entered.
Poems may not be submitted to other publications until after the results of the Presence Poetry Contest are announced.
Poems chose for publication in Presence may not be submitted to other publications until after publication in Presence.
Poems should pertain to a spiritual theme or should relate to spiritual direction.
Write "Presence Poetry Contest" in the subject line.
All poems must be submitted by email, preferably by MS Word attachment.
DO NOT INCLUDE ANY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE ATTACHMENT OTHER THAN
- THE POEM TITLE
- THE POEM ITSELF
The poems will be judged anonymously by a three judge panel.

Include all of the following information in the body of the e-mail submission:

   Name of Poet

   Name of Poem

   Age of Poet

   Gender of Poet

   e-mail address

   State/ Province/Territory

   Country

Send your entry to poetry[at]sdiworld.org

Book Celebration

sdinick — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:22:32 -0500

Spiritual Directors International has so many talented writers and thinkers that are integral to our global learning community. Many new and valuable book and media resources are being released in 2006 and 2007!

To celebrate the gifts of member authors, you are invited to participate in the �Book Celebration� that will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the evening of Thursday, April 12, 2007. After you have registered for �Coming Home to the Cosmos� annual events, please contact Pegge Bernecker at reviews@sdiworld.org for more information, and to participate in the book celebration. You will be asked to provide your book title, publisher contact, and ISBN number.

Only event participants who are authors will be included in the �Book Celebration.� If you are an event participant, this is a great way to meet authors during the conference and invite authors to sign your books. If you are faculty in a university, seminary, rabbinical college, enrichment, formation or training program, this is a great way to meet authors and peruse books for your spiritual director formation programs.