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Guest author: Liz Ellmann, MDiv
Spiritual Directors International offers educational videos aimed at the general public to tell the story of spiritual direction, which is also known as spiritual companionship, spiritual guidance, spiritual accompaniment.
Jamal Rahman is originally from Bangladesh, and he currently serves as cominister of Interfaith Community Church, adjunct faculty of Seattle University School for Theology and Ministry and cohost of Interfaith Talk Radio in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is the author of several books, including the Spiritual Directors International book, Out of Darkness, Into Light: Spiritual Guidance in the Quran with Reflections from Jewish and Christian Sources.
Dr. Janet Ruffing, RSM is a founding Coordinating Council member of Spiritual Directors International. She serves as professor of Spirituality and Spiritual Direction at Fordham University in New York, USA, as well as forming spiritual directors all over the world. Janet has written four books including Spiritual Direction: Beyond the Beginnings and published more than seventy articles on spirituality, spiritual direction and supervision, mysticism, and religious life.
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Thank you Tara Owens from Colorado, USA and Pegge Bernecker from Alaska, USA for spear-heading this educational outreach program!
07/13,2009, at 15:35
The sound for the Janet Ruffing interview is too weak. I turned up the volume to full on my computer and speakers and I could barely hear her speak. The music with the SDI logo is very loud, but her voice is very quiet and I couldn't understand what she is saying. The other person's voice is fine. I could understand him clearly.
07/22,2009, at 11:46
Here's a quick tip for anyone having problems with the video stopping or jumping frequently: To play videos on YouTube smoothly without experiencing interruptions or pauses, allow the video time to load. Press pause just after the video starts playing, and you will see a light red bar move along the bottom of the video screen to show you how much of the video is loaded, or “buffered.” Allowing the video time to buffer before you play it will help it run more smoothly!