Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction

Susan S. Phillips

Mar 2008 · Church Publishing, Inc.

About this ebook

Offers an intimate view of spiritual direction through written re-enactments of actual spiritual direction sessions.
The experiential practice is accompanied by theoretical and theological foundations guiding it. The book includes the stories of nine men and women whose stories illustrate how the journey of Christian discipleship is helped by spiritual direction.

The Spiritual Directors International Series – This book is part of a special series produced by Morehouse Publishing in cooperation with Spiritual Directors International (SDI), a global network of some 6,000 spiritual directors and members.

Ratings and reviews

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book on spiritual Direction. As a student of spiritual Direction, I enjoyed reading the first hand accounts of spiritual Direction sessions. I learned so much just reading how Susan Phillips responds to people. Her commentary asides were also Illuminating. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn more about spiritual Direction.

About the author

Susan Phillips is executive director of New College Berkeley, part of the Graduate Theological Union. She has had speaking engagements in England, Canada, Austria, Thailand, and the US; she regularly leads retreats for churches and clergy groups. She teaches spiritual theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, the largest Christian seminary in the US. She is a spiritual director.