Spiritual Direction Training

 

2024 COHORT OPEN!

Training Designed for Those Led to Care for the Soul

Become a certified s

piritual director through

TableTop Ministries

Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they deepen their relationship with God. It is the world's oldest methodology for healing one's soul and giving way to true self.

Pictured - Nancy Sensenig - Pennsylvania

Ryan King, San Diego, CA

The purpose of spiritual direction

To penetrate beneath the surface of a man’s life, to get behind the façade of conventional gestures and attitudes which he presents to the world, and to bring out his inner spiritual freedom, his inmost truth, which is what we call the likeness of Christ in his soul. -THOMAS MERTON- 

Spiritual Direction takes the guesswork out of a relationship with the Divine. One person listening intently as another narrates the current season of life. Both knowing God sits at the heart and center of the words and emotions. Spiritual direction seeks the intimacy of community, giving power to carry each other's burdens.

Join Spiritual Director J.R. Mahon as he teaches this life changing course.

Pictured - Ryan King, San Diego, CA

The role of spiritual director

The spiritual director is trained to listen, discern and ask questions. Directors vigilantly pay attention to the person’s story and the Holy Spirit to encourage spiritual growth. Spiritual direction is not counseling. It is the commitment to discover what God is doing in a person’s life and to help that person come closer to Christ.

Pictured - Andō, Llangennith, Wales


Spiritual Direction Training

2024 COHORT

STARTING MARCH 17TH, 2024

MARCH 17TH, 2024 - Cohort One / Spiritual Direction 101

MAY 26TH, 2024 - Cohort Two / “Face-To-Face”

JUNE 23TH, 2024 - Cohort Three - The Invitation To Listen

SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2024 - Cohort Four - Spiritual Practices

OCTOBER 13TH, 2024 - Cohort Five - Persona & Ego

DECEMBER 15TH, 2024 - Cohort Six - Nothing to Prove, Nothing To Lose


TIMES:

10:00am - 2:00pm EST / 7:00am - 11:00pm PST


COST:

$150.00 per session or $800.00 for entire course load

RESERVE YOUR SPOT BELOW

OR CALL / TEXT J.R. 619.964.0337


Workshops run throughout the year with an accompanying reading list. You may join workshops at any time.


Workshop Details:

ONE - Spiritual Direction / 101

Reading - Soul Friend - Kenneth Leech / Holy Listening - Margaret Guenther

Training Agenda:

  • Lectio Divina

  • Where are you? / Assessment

  • What is spiritual direction / History

  • The “Call” to spiritual direction

  • The movement of spiritual direction

  • Directees

  • Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises

  • Centering Prayer

 TWO - Spiritual Direction / Face-to-Face

Reading - Holy Invitations - Jeannette A. Bake / Walk With Me: Transformation through the Pathway of Spiritual Direction - Cathy Aj Hardy

Training Agenda:

  • Lectio Divina

  • Who is in front of you?

  • Directee boundaries

  • Tools for the Journey / Enneagram

  • Group / one-on-one session exercises

  • Centering Prayer

 THREE - Spiritual Direction / The Invitation to Listen

Reading - Christ of the Celts - John Philip Newell & Into The Silent Land - Martin Laird

Training Agenda:

  • Lectio Divina

  • What is listening

  • Hearing Spirit - the voice inside

  • Listening results

  • Listening not fixing

  • Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises

  • Silence

FOUR - Spiritual Direction / Spiritual Practices

Reading - The Naked Now - Richard Rohr & The Universal Christ - Richard Rohr

Training Agenda:

  • Lectio Divina

  • Introduction to practices

  • Guiding people in practice

  • Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises

  • Silence

FIVE - Spiritual Direction / Persona & Ego

Reading - Wisdom Jesus - Cynthia Bourgeault

Training Agenda:

  • Lectio Divina

  • Persona awareness

  • The structure of the ego

  • Becoming aware

  • Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises

  • Silence

SIX - Spiritual Direction / Nothing to Prove, Nothing to Lose

Reading - The Way To Love - Anthony de Mello

Training Agenda:

  • Lectio Divina

  • Being open / Being all in

  • Nothing to prove, nothing to lose

  • Group / one-on-one sessions / exercises

  • Silence


Workshop Reading Requisites:

  • Workshop #1 - Soul Friend - Kenneth Leech / Holy Listening - Margaret Guenther

  • Workshop #2 - Holy Invitations - Jeannette A. Bake / Walk With Me: Transformation through the Pathway of Spiritual Direction - Cathy Aj Hardy

  • Workshop #3 - Christ of the Celts - John Philip Newell & Into The Silent Land - Martin Laird

  • Workshop #4 - The Naked Now - Richard Rohr & The Universal Christ - Richard Rohr

  • Workshop #5 - Wisdom Jesus - Cynthia Bourgeault

  • Workshop #6 - The Way To Love - Anthony de Mello


*Reading not required but highly suggested:

  • A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle

  • True Spiritual Community - Larry Crabb

  • Writings on Spiritual Direction - Edited by Jerome M. Neufelder and Mary C. Coelho

  • The Essential Enneagram - Daniels, David & Virginia Price

  • Awareness - Anthony de Mello

  • Alcoholics Anonymous “The Big Book”

  • Narcotics Anonymous  - “The Basic Text”

  • Sexaholics Anonymous - “White Book” or “The Manual”