1. Following the Ancient Paths: Mapping the Intersection of Christian Counseling and Spiritual Formation

2. Ever Feel a Little Lost?

6. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

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10. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

13. Need Some Directions?

15. ♥ How might the typical secular psychologist respond? ♥ How might the typical Christian counselor respond? ♥ How might the typical pastor respond? ♥ How might the typical spiritual director respond? ♥ How might the typical lay spiritual friend respond? Sharing/Growing as Spiritual Friends

16. Jesus ♥ How might Jesus respond? “Church History” ♥ How might “Church History” respond? We ♥ How might We respond? Mapping Our Spiritual Journey

17. Following the Ancient Paths “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for yours souls” (Jeremiah 6:16a).

18. ♥ Pedersen: “Lack sufficient awareness” ♥ Oden: “Without the historic voices” ♥ Oates: “Start over from scratch” ♥ Peterson: “Abandoned historic call” ♥ Hiltner: “Lack identification with roots” ♥ Butman: “Exists in a historical vacuum” ♥ Clebsch/Jaekle: “Too readily adopted” Searching for Buried Treasure: The Forgotten Arts

19. ♥ Chesterton: “Democracy of the dead” ♥ Lane: “Balance changing/changeless” ♥ Edwards: “Reclaim spiritual friendship” ♥ Oates: “Enter into durable fellowship” Finding Buried Treasure: Changeless Truth for Changing Times

20. ♥ Clebsch/Jaekle: “Grand tradition” ♥ McNeil: “Edification/Correction” ♥ Didascalia Apostolorum: “SHRG” ♥ Oden: “Historical consensus” ♥ Lake: “Suffer/Sin, Deprivation/Depravity” ♥ Clebsch/Jaekle: “Classic spiritual care” ♥ Leech: “Standard definition” Investing Buried Treasure: Soul Care and Spiritual Direction

21. Our Treasure Map: Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding ♥ Sustaining: “Hurt” ♥ Healing: “Hope” ♥ Reconciling: “Horrible/Wonderful” ♥ Guiding: “Mature”

22. Soul Care: Sustaining ♥ Sufferology: “Evils We Have Suffered” ♥ Sustaining— “It’s Normal to Hurt” ♥ 2 Corinthians 1:3-9—Sense the Soul’s Earthly Earthly Story

23. Soul Care: Sustaining Compassionate Commiseration ♥ Empathy: Compassionate Commiseration SorrowEndurable ♥ Shared Sorrow Is Endurable Sorrow

24. Soul Care: Sustaining God’s ♥ Dual Listening: Listen to God’s Story While Friend’s You Listen to Your Friend’s Story. Climb in the Casket ♥ We Have to Climb in the Casket with Them.

25. Soul Care: Healing ♥ Healing— It’s Possible to Hope” Eternal ♥ 2 Corinthians 1:9-11: God’s Eternal Story StretchingGreat ♥ Stretching the Soul to Great Things. StinksShrinks ♥ When Life Stinks, Our Perspective Shrinks.

27. Soul Care: Healing ♥ Help Your Spiritual Friend Spiritual Look at Life with Spiritual Eyes ♥ Matthew 6:22-23 ♥ 2 Kings 6:15-17 ♥ Trialogue Empty ♥ “Celebrate the Empty Tomb!”

29. Sharing and Growing As Soul Care Givers ♥ Share: Sustaining? ♥ Share: Healing?

30. Sharing and Growing As Soul Care Givers How might each of the following offer sustaining and healing to Carl? ♥ Secular Psychologist? ♥ Christian Counselor? ♥ Pastor? ♥ Spiritual Director? ♥ Lay Spiritual Friend?

31. Sharing and Growing As Soul Care Givers ♥ How might Jesus sustain and heal Carl? ♥ How might you sustain and heal Carl? ♥ What Ideas? Illustrations? Suggestions? ♥ What questions do you have?

32. Spiritual Direction: Reconciling ♥ Sancticology: “The Sins We Have Committed.” ♥ Reconciling— “It’s Horrible to Sin.” Load ♥ Puritans: Load the Conscience Guilt with Guilt.

33. Spiritual Direction: Reconciling “Quadralog” ♥ Recognize the “Quadralog”: Matthew 4 Red-handed ♥ Catch Them Red-handed: Hebrews 3, 10. Conviction ♥ Leave the Conviction to God: 2 Timothy 2:24-26

34. Spiritual Direction: Reconciling ♥ “It’s Wonderful to Be Forgiven.” Lighten ♥ Puritans: Lighten the Grace Conscience with Grace. Dispensers ♥ Dispensers of Grace. Tastes ♥ Provide Tastes of Grace. Home Coming ♥ Pen Psalms of Home Coming: Psalm 32, 51

36. Spiritual Direction: Guiding ♥ Guiding—“ It’s Supernatural to Mature” Envisioning ♥ Envisioning Who They Are: Eph. 1-3; 2 Tim. 1:5-7 NurtureSons ♥ New Nurture: Reconciliation—Sons! NatureSaints ♥ New Nature: Regeneration—Saints!

37. Spiritual Direction: Guiding Universal ♥ Universal Identity Unique ♥ Unique Identity

38. Spiritual Direction: Guiding Empowering ♥ Empowering Them to Be All They Can Be: Ephesians 4:17-24; 2 Timothy 1:8-18 ♥ Putting Off ♥ Putting On

39. Spiritual Direction: Guiding Equipping ♥ Equipping Them to Do All They Can Do: Ephesians 4:11-16; 2 Timothy 2:1-10 StirGod ♥ Stir Up the Gift of God

40. Sharing and Growing As Spiritual Directors ♥ Share: Reconciling? ♥ Share: Guiding?

41. Sharing and Growing As Spiritual Directors How might each of the following offer reconciling and guiding to Carl? ♥ Secular Psychologist? ♥ Christian Counselor? ♥ Pastor? ♥ Spiritual Director? ♥ Lay Spiritual Friend?

42. Sharing and Growing As Spiritual Directors ♥ How might Jesus reconcile and guide Carl? ♥ How might you reconcile and guide Carl? ♥ What Ideas? Illustrations? Suggestions? ♥ What questions do you have?

43. Follow the Ancient Paths: Sustain, Heal, Reconcile, Guide