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SPIRITUAL DIRECTION WITH POOR, HOMELESS, AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLE

Articles

Listening for Spirit on the Margins, by Tom Allen, article in Presence journal, offered free, online.
 
Street Journal: Finding God in the Homeless : Selections from the Notebooks of Gary N. Smith, S.J , reviewed in Presence.
 
Presence journal 7.3, Susan Finn, Walking with the Homeless. 
Presence journal 13.2, Myree Harris, RSJ, Spiritual Direction and Encounters with the Marginalized.

Books

Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation, by Richard Rohr

Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace, by Bernie Glassman

Becoming Human, by Jean Vanier

Belonging: Bonds of Healing and Recovery, by Dennis Linn, Sheila Linn, and Matthew Linn

Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, by Ruby Payne, Philip DeVol, and Terie Dreussi Smith

Broken Bread and Broken Bodies: The Lord's Supper and World Hunger, by Joseph Grassi

Cloud Of Witnesses, by Jim Wallis and Joyce Hollyday

Francis of Assisi: A Revolutionary Life, by Adrian House

I Hear a Seed Growing, by Edwina Gateley

How Much is Enough? by Arthur Simon

In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, by Henri Nouwen

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, by Shane Claibourne

Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (Facets), by Walter Wink

God in Pain: Teaching Sermons on Suffering, by Barbara Brown Taylor

A 12-Step Approach to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Jim Harbaugh, SJ

The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul, by Michael Meade

Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, by Rybe Payne, Phillip Devol, Terie Dreussi Smith

Concerning the Inner Life, by Evelyn Underhill

The Critical Journey, Stages in the Life of Faith, by Janet Hagberg and Robert Guelich

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine, by Sue Monk Kidd

Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within, by Robert Quinn

If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat, by John Ortberg

In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, by Henri Nouwen

An Invitation to the Spiritual Journey, by John Gorsuch

Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life, by Kevin Cashman

Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, by Parker Palmer

Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership, by Joseph Jaworski

Thank you to Tom Allen, Executive Director of City House in Minnesota, USA for providing resources that have been helpful in the formation of spiritual guides who will companion homeless and poor people.

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