Find Your Center, Find Your Feet

Russell Siler-Jones, Author of Spirit in Session: Working with Your Clients Spirituality (and Your Own)

Join hosts Pam and Marcella with author Russell Siler Jones for a conversation about his new book, Spirit in Session: Working with Your Client’s Spirituality (and Your Own) in Psychotherapy. Russell is a therapist in Asheville, NC. In this immensely practical book, Russell helps therapists, spiritual directors or anyone in the "helping" industry feel more competent and confident about having spiritual conversations with clients. With a refreshing, down-to-earth style, he describes how to recognize the diverse explicit and implicit ways spirituality can appear in psychotherapy, how to assess the impact spirituality is having on clients, how to make interventions to maximize its healthy impact and lessen its unhealthy impact, and how therapists can draw upon their own spirituality in ethical and skillful ways. He includes extended case studies and clinical dialogue so readers can hear how spirituality becomes part of case conceptualization and what spiritual conversation actually sounds like in psychotherapy. (This book is used in the Spiritual Direction Program at MTS) 
For more information about Moravian Theological Seminary's Spiritual Direction Program: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-direction
Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com
Russell Siler-Jones: https://silerjonescounseling.com/about-russell/
 

Conscious Relationships with Heather Ruce

Heather Ruce joins us to talk about having "Conscious Relationships" with the people in our lives. She says being conscious is a spiritual practice that we must tend to with intentionality, attention and awareness. Heather works with individuals in Wisdom Spiritual Direction and facilitates wisdom practice circles, groups, retreats, and wisdom schools. She offers teaching and guidance in various wisdom and mindfulness practices including Centering Prayer, Christian meditation, sacred chanting, lectio divina, conscious work and embodiment. She has a M.A. Marital and Family Therapy from Bethel University and is a graduate of our MTS Graduate Spiritual Direction training program.
For more information about Moravian Theological Seminary's Spiritual Direction Program: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-direction
Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com
Heather Ruce: https://www.heatherruce.com/practices
*This conversation originally aired on The Talking Joy Podcast with host Pam Rotelle Roberson www.talkingjoy.org
 
 

Finding Your Center with Joyce Rupp

Joyce Rupp bestselling and award-winning author and retreat leader joins Pam for a conversation about her newest book, Jesus, Guide of My Life offers reflections for the Lenten Journey. The Lenten season is framed as a spiritual journey that prepares us to celebrate Easter and new life. Joyce invites us to set aside a few minutes each day to read a verse of scripture and prayer response. Then sitting quietly, allow the Spirit’s wisdom to speak to you and, if you choose, write a brief prayer reflection yourself.
For information about Moravian Theological Seminary's Spiritual Direction Program: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-direction
Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com
Jesus, Guide of My Life: www.avemariapress.com/products/jesus…ide-of-my-life

Guided Presence Practices with Jeanine Siler-Jones

Join us for two Guided Meditations with host Pam Robertson and guest Jeanine Siler-Jones. Jeanine is a spiritually integrated psychotherapist and spiritual director in private practice, an Enneagram teacher, retreat leader and chair of the board of Wisdom Waypoints. She holds a Masters degree in Social Work and a Certificate in Theology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jeanine is a graduate of our MTS SD training program! She is a Spiritual Director-Supervisor and teacher in the Spiritual Direction Program.
Welcoming Practice from Cynthia Bourgeault's book, Centering Prayer And Inner Awakening. Jeanine says, “welcoming cultivates an inner hospitality in the body. It is an “on the go” practice where mediation meets life.” There are three parts; focus and sink in, welcome and letting go. This practice can help strengthen the nervous system as we are tracking and noticing sensation in the body, letting go after we have spent time welcoming and being with whatever arises during the mediation.
Mind, Body and Heart- A core basic practice that invites us to get more skillful at knowing what it feels like to be present in all three centers: mind, body and heart. 
 Jeanine: https://silerjonescounseling.com/
For more information about Moravian Theological Seminary's Spiritual Direction Program: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-direction
Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com
 
 

The History of Spiritual Direction with Paul Burgmayer

Paul Burgmayer has been working on a comprehensive history of spiritual direction and supervision and will share some his findings with us. Paul has also been accompanying others in spiritual direction for fourteen years. A former industrial chemical researcher and now retired high school teacher, Paul has a master’s degree in Holistic Spirituality and a certificate in spiritual direction from Chestnut Hill College, certificates in supervision of spiritual direction from Together in the Mystery and Mercy Center, Burlingame, and is trained to (and has a special love for) accompanying others in the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. Paul lives in Wayne, PA with his wife, Sharon. Connect with Paul: historyofSD@gmail.com
Paul's Daily Practice:
Prayer - God, help me to rest in awe at the shoreline of life’s mystery and see the world through Your eyes. “Let Your love be heard” and felt and seen through my life…
Gifts received yesterday
Gratitude - - for what do I FEEL grateful
Meta-awareness from yesterday
Consolations 
Desolations 
Questions I am pondering
What is drawing me into today 
For more information about Moravian Seminary SD Program: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-direction
Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com
 
 

Dr. Susan Phillips-Author of Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction

A conversation with Dr. Susan S. Phillips, a spiritual director and sociologist, a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty of the Graduate Theological Union, and for many years was the Executive Director of New College Berkeley where she continues to direct the spiritual formation ministries. She has written two books which consider the art of spiritual direction and the journey of spiritual formation: Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction and The Cultivated Life: From Ceaseless Striving to Receiving Joy
“What distinguishes this listening profession from many other listening practices is its explicit acknowledgment of God. [Spiritual directors] are servants of the holy, listeners with the job of being attentive to God, with and for the sake of another." (Candlelight p.8)
For more information: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-direction Music by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com
 

Spiritual Direction Program Directors at Moravian Theological Seminary, Marcella Kraybill-Greggo & Barb Martell

Join host Pam Rotelle Robertson with co-founders of the Graduate Certificate Program in Spiritual Direction at Moravian Theological Seminary, Marcella Kraybill-Greggo and Barb Martell, as they share their journey of following God in birthing this Program. Contact us: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-directionMusic by Robert Long robertjohnlong@gmail.com
 

A Conversation MTS Spiritual Direction Supervisors Pat and Rita

Join Hosts Pam and Marcella as they have a conversation with MTS Spiritual Director Supervisors, Pat Herbst and Rita Pursel who we fondly call our Amma's. Listen as they share their journey as Spiritual Directors and the wisdom they learned along the way. Connect with us: https://www.moravianseminary.edu/academics/certificate/spiritual-directionMusic by Robert Long: robertjohnlong@gmail.com