Topics Included in the Program
• Spiritual Companionship - What it is and What it is Not
• What Does it mean to be Called, Confirming a Call
• Religious Experiences and Daily Practices
• Various Methods of Prayer
• Becoming a Spiritual Companion
• The Relationship between Companioner and Companion
• Self-Care
• Supervision
• Group Spiritual Companionship
• Journaling
• Lectio Divina
• Noticing and Sharing Key Interior Facts
• Fostering the Contemplative Attitude
• Solitude, Silence and Centering
• Schools of Spirituality, the Classics
• Use of Scripture and Spiritual Direction
• Entering One-to-One Spiritual Companionship
• Discernment
• Listening Skills
• Consolation and Desolation in Prayer
• Images of God
• Qualities of a Spiritual Companion
• The Contemplative Attitude
• Honoring the Sabbath
• Issues in Spiritual Companionship
• The Code of Ethics
• Becoming a Spiritual Companion
• Essential Practices from the Six Great Traditions of Christian Faith and more
