Spiritual Direction

Offered with Elsa S. Bakkum, MDiv

Usually offered once per week, bi-weekly or once per month for a full hour.  Begins with silence, ending in prayer.

Meeting  is held in Riverview--a cottage on the property of Grace Episcopal Church in Yorktown, Virginia.

Sliding fee scale--you decide what you can afford.

Spiritual Direction is approached with the conviction that each person is the expert on what the Holy Spirit is doing in their lives.  A space is held for honest expression, listening and exploration.  The focus is on naming life's dynamics from the perspective of spiritual and theological language.  Where is God in specific life experiences?  Since Elsa has done extensive study in psychology, sometimes categories and langugage borrowed from that discipline is illminative, particularly that of Family Systems Theory, Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory and Dream Work.  The Enneagram is also found to also be a helpful tool.

For more information, contact ebakkum@cox.net.