Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction

05/07/2024

Spiritual Direction 101 in ebook form is at a great price. Check it out!

https://www.amazon.com/DP/1947826204

05/07/2024

Great sale price for the ebook version! If you want this book, now is the time to scoop it up instantly!!😃
https://teresablythe.net/ebook-sale/

03/18/2024

If you or someone you know wants to train to become a spiritual director, the Apprentice Training Program of the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction has immediate openings for one-on-one flexibly scheduled online instruction with Rev. Canon Greg Foraker or Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason. To qualify, you need to have been in spiritual direction for at least a year and be willing to do the program online. It's a wonderfully flexible way to learn! For more information, go to

Our ProgramLearn the Basics of Spiritual Guidance The Apprentice Training Program is designed to train select and spiritually mature persons through 30 hours of education and mentoring, which includes the apprentice completing 12 full spiritual direction sessions with a directee.Only a limited numbe...

05/19/2023

SUMMER ONLINE MINI-RETREAT

WITH MYSTICS & SAINTS ARTWORK

Contemplative artist and spiritual director Trey Everett and I have created a two-hour online mini-retreat for Saturday June 10 to help you relax into your summer.

Working with our newest set of coloring cards, “Mystic and Saints: The All Stars,” we’ll spend time exploring the three secret teachings of creativity: what it means to live in the present, be kind to ourselves, and move away from “right/wrong” thinking. Time devoted to coloring and creating, which moves us out of our anxious minds and into a deeper place of the heart, will be part of the retreat.

Once you register, we’ll mail you this set of 10 cards with drawings and descriptions of some of your favorite mystics: Hildegard of Bingen, Mechtild of Magdeburg, Rumi, Rabia, Lao Tzu, Julian of Norwich, Meister Eckhart and more. You bring this set of cards along with your favorite pens, markers and other art supplies to your Zoom screen when we meet, and we will spend a relaxing two hours (one of which is spent in silence simply coloring or adorning our selected card or cards) enjoying one another and these historical spiritual guides.

The details:

Who: Trey, Teresa and all who show up!

When: Saturday June 10, 2023 at the following time:

2PM Eastern

1PM Central

12 NOON Mountain

11AM Pacific

Where: Online, via Zoom. We send the link once you register and a reminder the day before.

What you receive: Once registered, you are mailed a set of cards and sent an online PDF guide of suggested ways you can creatively reflect with these cards.

Cost: $30 (which includes a set of 10 cards) if you register by May 31, ($40 after 5/31)

To register, go to www.treyeverettcreates.com

01/02/2023

If you or someone you know wants to train to become a spiritual director, the Apprentice Training Program of the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction has current openings for one-on-one instruction with our newest trainer, Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason. To qualify, you need to have been in spiritual direction for at least a year and be willing to do the program online. It's a wonderfully flexible way to learn! For more information, go to teresablythe.net/apprentice-training-program-for-spiritual-directors-fact-sheet/ or email me at [email protected].

APPRENTICE TRAINING PROGRAM FACT SHEET Teresa Blythe, M.Div. DASD [email protected]   The Apprentice Training Program is designed to train select and spiritually mature persons through 30 hours of education and mentoring, which includes the apprentice completing 12 full spiritual direction se...

05/02/2022

Meet the latest graduate of the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction Apprenticeship Program: the Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason! She is an experienced educator, licensed psychotherapist, and ordained minister who has had extensive ministries in congregational and community contexts around New York and New England since 2006. I am proud to have had her as my apprentice and now to count her as my colleague.

08/31/2021

Spiritual Directors International's media guy Matt Whitney and I had a good time talking about spiritual direction--and how I made the move from radio news to ministry. Check out his podcast here:

In this week's episode, SDI Creative Director Matt Whitney speaks with spiritual director Teresa Blythe, on her extraordinary journey following her calling from radio news anchor to full time spiritual director. SDI members can read about her experience in...

08/12/2021

Congratulations to Rev. Alexis Fuller-Wright, Designated Term Associate Conference Minister at Maine Conference United Church of Christ, for completing the Apprentice Training Program for Spiritual Directors yesterday! Alexis came to the program with excellent skills in pastoral care and found her footing as a spiritual director in a very short time. I'm grateful for the time I got to spend with her and give her the highest recommendation as a spiritual director. And, she did the whole program while taking a new call, moving from New Jersey to Maine and raising two kiddos with her wife Liz, a science writer for Princeton University. So proud of you, Alexis!

06/17/2021

Didn't mean to post the same thing 7 times (oops). Yesterday the post failed so I re-tried. FB later posted all my attempts. LOL

06/17/2021

Spiritual Director Michelle Fugate Pederson is using my book, "50 Ways to Pray" in her blog to encourage people to try new forms of prayer. I love seeing all the creative ways people use the book. Thanks, Michelle.

with the Rev. Dr. Michelle Pederson Finding space for your spirit

06/14/2021

If you are looking for affordable spiritual direction, I have a few people in my Apprentice Training program looking for directees. Some do this free or at very low cost. Email or message me for more information. email [email protected]