Spirituality

 BEING COMES BEFORE DOING  

The value of what we do in God’s service will flow directly from who we are. For Christians, spirituality and vocation are directly related. “We look at the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.”(1 Samuel 16.7).  What matters to Jesus is what is in our hearts : our attitudes/motives/desires/values and beliefs, not just our outward religious observance. At the heart of our vocation is spiritual formation, which begins with paying attention to the interior life – the care of the soul – and helping others as fellow pilgrims.

Spirituality is concerned with the whole of our encounter with God, and how that encounter is experienced, nourished and expressed. Christian spirituality is centred on the knowledge of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, incarnate in the life of a community.

Spiritual direction is a relationship between a director and a directee which aims to discern how God is at work in the whole of life.  For help in finding a spiritual director, contact Rev Ian Cowley, Co-ordinator of Vocations and Spirituality: ian.cowley@salisbury.anglican.org.

Training for spiritual directors takes place at Ivy House, Warminster and through the Dorset Spiritual Direction Course. For more details of these courses contact Ian Cowley at Church House in Salisbury.

Courses in spiritual direction and spirituality are also available at Sarum College in Salisbury.

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