Sneak peak! The new issue of Listen: A Seeker's Resource for Spiritual Direction is online now!

Take a short break and peruse this new issue. Then ask yourself, How will I incorporate the essence of play into the last days of 2009 and as a new decade begins?

From the January 2010 issue of Listen, "Playful and Grateful"

"Play awakens and engages our sensuality and sexuality. Playful activities create the glue for mutual, innovative endeavors and meaningful relationships. An antidote to suffering, play is healing and restorative."

"Spiritually, play is integral to a vital, healthy, and whole life. Playing is a profound way to pray, and only one letter separates pray from play!"

"Today I rarely give myself permission to play. I’m duty bound by some abstract should tape..." --"Field Guide"

"How did you play as a child? How do you play, now? What makes you tick? What enlivens you?" --"Field Notes"

"Offering a transformational exploration of sex throughout history, in religious experience, and in masculine and feminine spirituality, The Spirituality of Sex challenges us to celebrate matter and our potential as embodied, ecstatic human beings." --"Book Review"

"Are spiritual directors self-appointed? I realize Spiritual Directors International does not certify spiritual directors, but is there any kind of screening?" --"Ask Owl"

To read current and past issues of Listen, click this hyperlink; then click on any cover image on the page.

About Listen: A Seeker's Resource for Spiritual Direction:

• Assists seekers in a search for every day encounters with meaning, significance and the Sacred.
• Simple, inviting, contemplative, and educational.
• Includes short articles, book reviews, poetry, and global resources for retreats and education.
• Published in January, April, July, and October.
• Read around the world by more than 15,000 seekers, subscribers, and members of Spiritual Directors International.
• Distributed to major theological libraries, retreat centers, spiritual direction enrichment, formation and training centers, and individuals who express interest in receiving mailings from Spiritual Directors International.

Listen is a FREE outreach publication from Spiritual Directors International.

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