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Welcome To Spiritual Direction
Hi, my name is Eric J. Watts, Sr. and I'm a Spiritual Director with a heart for helping people grow closer to God.
Spiritual direction is all about walking alongside you as you explore what God is doing in your life and how you can become more like Jesus Christ.
I’m here to listen, ask questions, and encourage you on your journey without any pressure or control—just genuine support and guidance.
My goal is to create a welcoming and safe space where we can discern together how God is moving in your life.
I’m excited to be a part of your spiritual journey!
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IS A RELATIONAL PROCESS in which a trained spiritual guide listens to and companions someone who desires a deeper relationship with God. For Christians, this means becoming more like Jesus Christ. Richard Foster defines spiritual direction as “an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.”
The spiritual director is trained to listen, discern and sometimes ask questions. The task of the spiritual director is to diligently pay attention to the person’s story and the Spirit, and to encourage spiritual growth. Spiritual direction is not counseling, friendship, mentoring, teaching nor discipling. It is the commitment to discover what God is doing in a person’s life and to help that person come closer to Christ.
What is Spiritual Direction?
A brief summary from Richard Foster:
1. Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.
2. Spiritual direction involves a process through which one person helps another person understand what God is doing and saying.
3. Discernment is a crucial gift in the work of spiritual direction.
4. In spiritual direction, there is absolutely no domination or control.
5. The spiritual director/mentor/pastor guides another in spiritual things through the spiritual world by spiritual means.
6. God has ordained that there be spiritual directors/mentors/pastors among his people. This is the structure of love in practice.
7. Supremely, spiritual directors/mentors/pastors are persons who have a sense of being “established” in God. Otherwise, they are too dangerous to be allowed into the soul space of others.
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