Who We Are
Get to Know Us
Below you'll find out how we named the program, along with more information about what we believe and how we work.
We look forward to being with you!
Listening
for
Light
Why "Listening for Light"?
God is associated with light. From the earliest words of Genesis, God said, “Let there be light,” and called the light good (Gn 1:3-4). At the beginning of his gospel, John wrote of Jesus that “his life brought light to everyone,” light that “shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it” (Jn 1:4b-5). Jesus called himself “the Light of the world,” and taught that we are also the light of the world (Jn 8:12; Mt 5:14). Spiritual direction, "listening for Light," is attending to the movement and activity of the triune God in our lives, our communities, and our world.
Our Vision:
​to form, train, and develop prospective spiritual directors, addressing the growing need for competent, compassionate, deeply attentive people to support others who are Listening for Light.
Our
Vision
Core
Values
Core Values:
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L: Listening Love
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I: Intentional Integration
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G: Glorious Grace
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H: Healing Hospitality
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T: Truthful Testimony
What We Believe:
The Listening for Light program is deeply grounded in the Christian story, as confessed in the Nicene Creed. We are committed to the truthfulness of that story, and as God leads and enables us, we live as disciples of Jesus. Because we believe that every human person is deeply loved by God, we willingly and prayerfully meet both with people who share that story with us and with those who are seeking, questioning, doubting, or even denying that story.
