Embodied Spirits: Stories of Spiritual Directors of Color. This item is unavailable.Embodied Spirits: Stories of Spiritual Directors of Color

• A solid new addition to the Morehouse collection for spiritual directors

• First book addressing the concerns and issues of people of color in spiritual direction

• Wide ecumenical appeal

“These essays speak of how we have incorporated our contemplative practices into our family life; our urban, non-religious background; how we have been nurtured in struggles for health and life through our contemplative prayer practices and our courage to survive and even thrive in the midst of dire circumstances. We speak of the unfolding bridge between faith and culture; our conflicts with an Interspiritual journey with a Christian foundation; our sexuality; our journey to healing and authenticity; and how we are taking this practice that began in the
first centuries of the church with the desert mothers and fathers to the present and into the future with spiritual direction through the Internet across the world.” ―from the Introduction

Sherry Bryant-Johnson, an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church, is associate director of the Center for Ministry, a Christian leadership development organization in Jackson, Mississippi. She holds professional certification in spiritual formation through the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church and is a member of Spiritual Directors International and the Fellowship of United Methodist Retreat Leaders and Spiritual Directors.

Therese Taylor-Stinson is a native of Washington, DC, and an ordained Deacon and Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), who recently served as Moderator of the National Capital Presbytery. Taylor-Stinson is a founder and incorporator of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network, Ltd., and serves as the Managing Member. A graduate of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, she has served on the board of directors, is a member of the Shalem Society for Contemplative Leadership, and was commissioned associate faculty to offer Shalem's Personal Spiritual Deepening Program in her local community.

Rosalie E. Norman-McNaney, MDiv, M.Ed., is an ordained American Baptist minister and graduate of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. She offers individual and group spiritual direction as well as serving as a conference, workshop, and retreat leader.