Authentic Spiritual Direction ultimately will lead us into compassionate right action for others. Jack Kennedy concludes his series on Spiritual Discernment by challenging us to consider how our spiritual practices and beliefs get translated into practical ways of being in the world with others. How we are fully human is the only starting point for supporting others in search of the Divine. Ultimately, trusting rather than denying our naked experiences is the basis of spiritual direction that can transform life’s deepest challenges.

Discernment is another word for deciding. It is our human endeavor for decision making. The Spiritual Exercises offer a trustworthy set of ‘rules’ that we can trust when facing life’s most important realities. This talk is an invitation to get our spiritual world larger!

Spiritual Director, Jack Kennedy, explores a distinction from the Spiritual Exercises between whether we believe that we are part of God’s Plan vs. participants in a Divine Project. In the Ignatian tradition, it is a relief to discover that ‘we are being momently being created’ and that our deepest hopes should be the anchor of how we make important decisions.

Spiritual Director, Jack Kennedy, brings real life and belief together in this insightful episode. Most religious people have not been taught to trust that their deepest longings have a sacred source. Through the wisdom of The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, Kennedy offers a liberating shift of perspectives about trusting our own deepest feelings and desires. This episode was recorded at an interfaith training series for prospective spiritual directors.

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are a classic tradition offering insight into life’s most important decisions. Regardless of our spiritual history, the ‘exercises’ offer remarkably insightful ‘rules’ for decision-making.

Spiritual Director, Jack Kennedy, explores how spiritual direction can be a powerful way to being healing to out wider world. Whether or not the listener intends to be involved in the formal work of spiritual direction Jack’s lifetime of experience invites us all to re-imagine ways of supporting the spiritual journey regardless of our path or tradition.

Jack Kennedy has spent his adult life as a spiritual mentor for others. His personal life experiences include areas of grief and addiction that can be special teachers for every person’s life. Jack draws from great wisdom traditions that teach us how to trust our own heart when experiencing life’s most challenging contradictions. The gift can be to discover deeper truths than we may have missed otherwise.

Jack Kennedy has spent a lifetime journeying with people as a spiritual director during times of doubt and crisis. Issues of belief and how we understand the nature of Mystery are at the heart of what can either bring peace or anxiety during times of change and crisis. This episode was recorded at an interfaith training series for prospective spiritual directors.