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Hi good people!
In the past year, I've taken significant time to pray and talk to the important people in my life about a call to ministry. In this discernment process, I was guided to consider spiritual direction as part of my ministry.
Spiritual direction is the ancient practice of being with people as they grow in their spirituality. Our spirituality informs so many aspects of our being, from our careers and vocations to the very questions about what it means to be human. I have always accompanied people on this journey in one way or another, but only recently learned that it had a name, a lineage, and a set of ethical practices worth learning in a community of others. As a result, I was guided to pursue training in spiritual direction through the Shalem Institute's program in spiritual guidance .
My training is already underway and I am currently meeting with directees, working with a director of my own, and am in a peer group of other directors as a form of support and accountability in this ministry. I'm also studying the work of Christian mystics and others in the contemplative tradition, while writing papers for the program.
This program takes two years to complete and includes two in person retreats with the leadership of the Shalem Institute. Your financial support will help me to pursue this work with more time and attention, so that I can better serve others during and after the program. I plan to use the funds to pay remaining program fees and launch my own initiative around intentional living in a time of spiritual, moral, economic, and ecological crisis.
With your support, I can serve better. Pray for me during this time and as always, feel free to reach out to me with questions, concerns, or prayer requests.
With love,
-Lindsey/Luka
www.lbcarfagna.net
In the past year, I've taken significant time to pray and talk to the important people in my life about a call to ministry. In this discernment process, I was guided to consider spiritual direction as part of my ministry.
Spiritual direction is the ancient practice of being with people as they grow in their spirituality. Our spirituality informs so many aspects of our being, from our careers and vocations to the very questions about what it means to be human. I have always accompanied people on this journey in one way or another, but only recently learned that it had a name, a lineage, and a set of ethical practices worth learning in a community of others. As a result, I was guided to pursue training in spiritual direction through the Shalem Institute's program in spiritual guidance .
My training is already underway and I am currently meeting with directees, working with a director of my own, and am in a peer group of other directors as a form of support and accountability in this ministry. I'm also studying the work of Christian mystics and others in the contemplative tradition, while writing papers for the program.
This program takes two years to complete and includes two in person retreats with the leadership of the Shalem Institute. Your financial support will help me to pursue this work with more time and attention, so that I can better serve others during and after the program. I plan to use the funds to pay remaining program fees and launch my own initiative around intentional living in a time of spiritual, moral, economic, and ecological crisis.
With your support, I can serve better. Pray for me during this time and as always, feel free to reach out to me with questions, concerns, or prayer requests.
With love,
-Lindsey/Luka
www.lbcarfagna.net
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L.B. Carfagna
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Doylestown, PA
