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When Your Spiritual Growth Looks Different from Your Community’s

As you bravely follow the Spirit into new territory, trusting the ever-deepening love of God to meet you, change you, and give you words and presence to share with those around you, may you discover your true freedom in God.

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Remember the Birds

Remember the Birds Remember the birds, and how all of their needs are met? How much more does God care for you? Is there a detail that goes unnoticed? Is there a moment too insignificant? If the hairs on our head are numbered, then surely the details of our lives are contained within Presence.

Compassion as resistance: Jesus wept

Compassion as resistance: Jesus wept When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was moved in spirit and troubled; and he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. (John 11:33-35)

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Let Go. Open Up. Be Free

Lang shares about a trip with his partner where emotions run high, and history repeats itself. Follow along as he walks through his process of being free and invites others to learn how to let go.

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Small Things

In a culture that values bigger, faster, and stronger, my quiet life as a spiritual director sometimes seems a bit small. I start to worry: Shouldn’t I be doing more? Shouldn’t I be busier and more productive? Shouldn’t my ministry be bigger? Shouldn’t I do more to respond to the many problems of this world?

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Repaired for Shalom

God is an Artist, to be sure. His ability to repair our deepest cracks and wounds is worthy of wonder. But as much as our mended lives testify to his skill, he has even more in mind for us than display. By repairing individual lives, God is weaving an even greater shalom. Turning to another art form, the film The Mission illustrates the chain reaction of grace.

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Dreaming Toward Union

My name is Ben Shoup, and as a spiritual director, I get to foster conversations with people seeking the Divine presence in their daily lives. These encounters often reveal a newfound depth of meaning, uncovering previously unnoticed insights.

The Children’s Jesus

The Children’s Jesus sparks the imagination. It invites us to the feet of Jesus through the eyes and experience of children who found themselves filled with great joy!

Embracing the Spirit of the Summer Solstice

Take time to celebrate this vibrant energy by spending a few moments under the sun, closing your eyes, and simply breathing. Visualize warm light filling your body, energizing your every cell. Allow this moment to awaken your senses and connect you to the world around you—a reminder that you are alive, vibrant, and integral to this magnificent universe.

Practicing Sacred Pause

On any given morning, I can usually be found in the driver’s seat of my car. Most often, I’m transporting my teenage daughter to school. Our daily drive is filled with chatter that’s almost entirely practical. Typically, it begins with me asking about assignments and tests. Then the conversation moves on to whether my daughter remembered to pack her lunch. And whether that lunch contains anything nourishing whatsoever.

Companioning Center Blog

When Your Spiritual Growth Looks Different from Your Community’s

Remember the Birds

Compassion as resistance: Jesus wept

Let Go. Open Up. Be Free

Small Things

Repaired for Shalom

Dreaming Toward Union

The Children’s Jesus

Embracing the Spirit of the Summer Solstice

Practicing Sacred Pause

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