Bee Wisdom workshop
For more info and to book, visit: https://tosturi-retreat.co.uk/contact/
For more info and to book, visit: https://tosturi-retreat.co.uk/contact/
The Bield at Blackruthven is growing their Pastoral Team, and they are currently seeking a new Pastoral Team Leader to join their residential community near Perth. This is a full-time, residential post for someone with a heart for spiritual accompaniment, pastoral care, and collaborative leadership. Application deadline: 11th May 2026Interviews: 27th May 2026 For information…
A refreshing series of forty reflections, practices and liturgies that frame Jesus as ‘Fringe Dweller’ (similar to Edge Walker, perhaps?) – One who reached out and advocated for those ‘outside the gate’ or who experienced a form of exclusion, and who experienced something of this in his own life on earth. The reflections are fruits…
THE ART OF SPIRITUAL WRITING Using writing to deepen discernment and direction – with Richard and Eirene Palmer You can watch the recording of this session here. https://youtu.be/xNERkjyr7gA
Night Sea Journeying by Fiona Gardner Subtitled ‘Soul Recovery from Childhood Trauma’, this book by Forum member Fiona Gardner is about how past trauma can affect us long into adulthood, and the part that spiritual renewal can play in managing this. Fellow Forum member Catherine Williams is acknowledged in the book for her support of…
The Art of Spiritual Writing – Using writing to deepen discernment and direction Writing is not something that naturally occurs within the process of Spiritual Direction these days. And yet it can be a very effective way of opening doors to shed more light on the identity and spiritual journey of the companion. This event…
Spiritual Direction Forum 2025 – 8 November Our online day conference explored the interplay of theology, spirituality and spiritual direction and how this is an integral part of Christian spiritual direction. The day included two presentations, time for reflection and group work. You can view the presentations and the slides here. Also, is a summary…
The Spiritual Director: Practising the Charism of Presence and Attention In The Spiritual Director, Julia Mourant invites practitioners into a deeper understanding of this sacred ministry, embracing its charism as a way of being rather than a set of skills. She explores the distinctive nature of spiritual direction as both vocation and spiritual gift, grounded…
A Dynamic and Vital Connection: Theology, Spirituality and Spiritual Direction On Saturday 8 November (10am-3pm, online) we will be exploring our explicit and implicit understanding of the interaction between theology, spirituality and spiritual direction. Our hope is to encourage a renewed interest in and commitment to the dynamic between our inner experience, scripture and the Christian…
Support and Resource Group Event with David Runcorn: Telling it Slant Following Jesus could leave even St Paul saying, ‘now we see dimly’. It is altogether too wonderful and beyond human understanding to be reduced to questions and answers. We find ourselves in the quirky, even contradictory world of parables, led down apparent side tracks,…
Group 3. To advocate and encourage the creative development of this ministry within the church and in a changing world by
Group Members: Julie Dunstan, Chris Chapman, Julia Mourant, Naomi Gates and Sarah Lear
Group 2. To promote and protect good practice by
Group Members: Susanne Carlsson, Nick Helm, Chris Mason, Rachel Overton, Ruth Holgate

We desire

In the same spirit in which Spiritual Direction is conducted, we will endeavour to:

Create a Core Committee
Create three working groups to represent the three faces of the forum
The committee has been operating from the beginning. Current membership is: Nick Helm & Julie Dunstan (co-chairs), Ruth Holgate, Susanne Carlsson, Catherine Williams.
It has:
Group 1. To support and resource spiritual directors by
Group Members: Catherine Williams (Chair), Ray Andrews, Mary Flitcroft, Henriette Howarth, Peter Rainford & Vron Smith