School of Spiritual Direction
The 2008-09 dates for the second wave of our school of spiritual direction are now in place. In the first wave we had 21 people all over the country participate (Washington, Oregon, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland). Our time together was amazingly rich!
Take a look at the dates below. If training in this ancient charism of the church is something you’ve been looking for, we hope both the dates and what we offer fall in place for you. Feel free to contact me at: info@sustainablefaith.com
2008-2009 DATES
Track A (Tues-Wed)
• Oct 7-8
• Nov 18-19
• Jan 13-14
• Mar 24-25
• May 19-20
Track B (Fri-Sat)
• Oct 3-4
• Nov 14-15
• Jan 9-10
• Mar 20-21
• May 15-16
Track C (Fri-Sat)
• Oct 3-4
• Nov 21-22
• Jan 16-17
• Mar 27-28
• May 29-30
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A WORD ON THE DATES
We encourage you to choose a cohort (track A, B or C) and stay with that same group and set of dates as much as possible for the purpose of building relationships, but we’ve also designed the schedule to accommodate you, so feel free to “jump the fence” when you need to in order to fit the training into your schedule. Please note that tracks B & C are combined for the first 2-day session.
COST
The training cost is $1,250 per individual. To reserve your spot, you’ll need to submit a $100 deposit by no later than September 1. The balance ($1,150) will need to be brought to the first session unless you make special arrangement with us for payments over time. Please make all checks out to Sustainable Faith and mail to:
Sustainable Faith
c/o David Nixon
1756 Lincoln Ave.
Norwood OH 45212
These fees, of course, don’t cover whatever costs you’ll incur for books, transportation, lodging and food. In order to help you we’re offering rooms in our home (a former convent) with breakfast included for a very modest fee of $25 per night as long as they’re available. (Book early if you want to assure yourself a room!) We also have a rich network of people who live right around us and are part of our community of faith. Many of them have guest rooms. Once our own rooms fill up we’ll do what we can to find you accommodations within a block or two and for the same price.
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OUR ORIENTATION
Our training in spiritual direction flows from a decidedly trinitarian and christocentric basis. That is, we believe in the triune God, confessing God as the creator of all, confessing Jesus as God revealed in the flesh, and confessing the Holy Spirit as the gift of God who empowers us through the resurrection of Christ to enter into God’s redemptive work. We are Christ-followers, attempting to embody the very life and message of Jesus so as to represent him to the world.
Having said that, it’s necessary to add that we don’t see or use or promote spiritual direction as a “tool” for Christian evangelism. We believe that spiritual direction is to be offered in a “disinterested” manner and without conditions. As Jesus points out, God’s sun and rain fall on all people –– the good and the bad, the just and the unjust –– simply because it’s a comprehensive (perfect) love.