My two closest friends and I have been meeting monthly for spiritual direction together for five years, but lately our sessions feel more like therapy for the one of us going through a difficult divorce and the rest of us don't know how to reclaim our shared contemplative practice without abandoning her when she needs us most.
More people experience this than they realize.
The tension between pastoral care and spiritual discipline tests whether sacred friendship can hold both individual need and collective practice.
“Where Are You with Prayer — does it work? what the evidence shows?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.