Tilden Edwards Knihy

Focusing on the art of spiritual direction, Tilden Edwards updates his classic work with insights from two decades of experience. He explores the holistic nature of the soul, offering practical guidelines for both directors and directees. Key topics include nurturing the soul, recognizing genuine spiritual experiences, and enhancing presence during sessions. The book also provides historical context, future perspectives, and insights into spiritual companionship across various religious traditions, making it a valuable resource for ministers and those interested in spiritual direction.

With conviction and candor, Tilden Edwards, a Christian visionary and founder of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, recounts his life's journey from questioning child in rural Texas, to parish priest in the Vietnam War years, to leader in the rebirth of ecumenical contemplative spirituality. Weaving together stories from his public vocational and personal lives, Edwards presents a unique collage of willful sin and willing love, suffering and joy, finding and losing, holding on and letting go, illumination and mystery. Throughout it all is the grace-filled Spirit guiding his spiritual and social evolution to a deep and broad awareness of the Christian contemplative tradition and an extraordinary commitment to advocating a vision and actions for communal life that reflect what Jesus called the kin-dom of heaven.

A well-known spiritual mentor shares some practical and theological insights for the deepening spiritual journey.