Application for Art of Spiritual Direction

Personal Information
First Name*
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Address*
Address 2 (if needed)
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Phone (preferred number for contact)*
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In the event that you are received into this program, you agree to sharing your email address with the cohort*
- I agree
In the event that you are received into this program, do you have any life threatening food allergies?*
- Yes
- No
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Please note any learning considerations we should be aware of

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What prerequisites have you completed to allow application to Art of Spiritual Direction?*
- Living From the Heart
- Carey Theological College two-year Spiritual Formation certificate plus “Deepening Life of Prayer”
- Carey Theological College two-year Spiritual Formation certificate plus self-directed study on “Contemplative Prayer” (a supplementary course offered through SoulStream)
- Other
Living from the Heart Location and year completed:*
Please explain your "other" prerequisite*
During the application review process, I give permission to the review team to contact my Living From the Heart facilitators for their input.*
- I agree

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Application Questions
Please respond to the following:
What do you understand spiritual direction to be?*
How long have you been in spiritual direction? How frequently do you meet with your spiritual director?*
How has spiritual direction been helpful to you?*
Please describe what might be drawing you to explore offering Spiritual Direction to others.*
Please tell us what appeals to you about this training and what do you hope to gain from it.
How did you discern you are ready to apply for this course?
Do you feel you have the needed freedom of time and energy to engage a rather intense and extended training experience? Please comment.

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Your Contemplative Journey
Because one’s own experience of God is at the heart of how we offer spiritual direction, we need to know about your contemplative journey. Please respond to the following questions in an essay (4 to 5 double-spaced typewritten pages, maximum length):
• Tell us about yourself (who you are, your inner world, the relationships and structures that sustain you and hold meaning for you, your relationship to a community of faith).
• What experiences in your life has God used to clarify for you some specific places of deep brokenness?
• How would you describe your experience of God’s work of care and transformation?
• How would you describe your deepening trust in God’s loving presence and action in your life?
• Tell us about your experience of prayer and your sense of God’s movement in your prayer life.
• Tell us about one person, one event or one book in whom (or which) you encountered God deeply. Describe how this impacted you and has affected your sense of yourself, others, and the movements of God within you and within your life.
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Once you have located your file from your computer, it will be attached and sent to us with your form responses when you click the "Submit Application and Pay with PayPal" button. You will receive an automatic email notification with a copy of all of your answers to this form for your records.

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Reference Forms
Your references must fill out an online form. Please give the appropriate link to your referees:
Your Spiritual Director: https://soulstreamartofspiritualdirection.org/asd-reference-form-spiritual-director/
Your other reference: https://soulstreamartofspiritualdirection.org/asd-reference-form-general/
I have sent the appropriate online reference form links to my referees.*
- Yes

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Submit Application
Non-refundable application fee*
Price:
After completing all required portions of this form and uploading your 4-5 page contemplative journey document, click the "Submit Application and Pay with Paypal" button and you will be re-directed to Paypal for payment options. If you do not have a PayPal account, you will have the option to use a credit card.
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