Resources for Your Journey

Blogs, Online Resources & Podcasts

• Being the Beloved

• Being the Beloved (Archive)

• Ignatian Spirituality

• Henri Nouwen Daily Meditations

• Anam Cara Ministries

• Northumbria Community

• Pray As you Go

• Contemplative Outreach

• The Invitation Podcast

• Renovare

• SEEL Puget Sound

Suggested Readings

Goodreads

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Spiritual Formation

• Spirit of the Disciplines, Dallas Willard

• The Attentive Life, Leighton Ford

• Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Eugene Peterson

• Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen

• Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants, Reuben P. Job, Norman Shawchuck

Spiritual Direction Training

• Soul Friend: Spiritual Direction in the Modern World, Kenneth Leech

• Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith, Henri J.M. Nouwen

• The Way of Spiritual Direction, Francis Kelly Nemeck and Marie Theresa Coombs

• Suffering and the Sovereignty of God: John Piper and Justin Taylor

• A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss, Gerald Sittser

• The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery, Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile

Spaces for Solitude/Retreat

• St. Placid Priory, Olympia, WA

• St. Mary-on-the-Lake, Bellevue, WA

• Hospital chapels

• Ride the city bus for an afternoon

• Rent hotel/motel

• Ski lodge for the day

• Church basement or library, vacant classroom, study or conference room

• House trade for day

• Friend’s cabin or camper

• Garden Poustinia, Hillsboro, OR