Prayer dialogue

In our December 27
issue, Amy Frykholm describes
the rapid development of the spiritual direction movement, and Daniel Schrock reviews Angela Reed's book on the subject (subscription required). There are currently
more than 6,000 spiritual directors working in conjunction with Spiritual
Directors International. Spiritual directors often turn to this model after
other forms of spiritual and religious leadership fail them. Below, Ruth Workman tells
the story of the reinvigoration of her ministry through spiritual direction.

For information on
finding a spiritual director, see Spiritual Directors International. For
questions to ask a potential spiritual director, see Anam Cara. --Ed.

After 12 years serving
Presbyterian congregations as a church educator, I realized something was
missing. I could write a curriculum, offer a Bible study, train VBS leaders,
lead youth groups. But I felt like nothing was happening below my head. I had
no language to describe what I longed for, but I lived with a sense of
emptiness, like I was going through the motions of faith without any substance.