Spiritual Direction Opportunities in Des Moines, Iowa
Focus on Deepening Your Relationship With God
Are you seeking a deeper relationship with God? A spiritual director serves as a compassionate companion as you grow in your life with Christ. Discover this opportunity at Emmaus House to talk about your story and discover how God is active in the ordinary events of your life.
What Is Spiritual Direction?
The primary focus of spiritual direction is on deepening your relationship with God. This comes by growing in an awareness of God’s living presence in the ordinary events of your life, leading to an even deeper and more realistic understanding of who you are in relationship to God, yourself, and others.
Spiritual direction gives you an opportunity to share your story and faith journey. Regularly scheduled visits allow for ongoing attentiveness to your personal experience, uncovering the ways God speaks to you and invites you to a deepening union.
Your spiritual director listens, asks questions, and offers suggestions to help you grow in prayer and relationship. This conversation allows you to discover your own inner voice and wisdom from God deep within.
Is Working With a Spiritual
Director Right for Me?
Spiritual direction may be for you if:
You consider yourself an average person who is serious about growing in your spiritual life.
You desire to deepen your relationship with God.
You wish to have an opportunity to talk about your life journey and how God fits into this journey.
You are interested in exploring spirituality and different ways of praying.
You desire to become more aware of God’s presence.
You are striving to become a person who lives for others, and you wish to have your life centered on God.
What to Expect During Your Spiritual Direction Session
Our spiritual direction meetings are confidential and welcoming sessions where you meet one-on-one with a director on a regular basis. Your director will listen to your story and ask questions to help you discern how God is working in your life.
Reflection questions may include:
- How would you like to deepen your relationship with God?
- Are you discovering new ways to experience God in the midst of your daily life?
- Where do you find God present in your life?
- What forms of prayer are most meaningful to you?
- What is your purpose in life?
- Do you have someone to accompany you on your spiritual journey?
- What role does spiritual discernment have in the decisions that you make about your life?
Meet Our Spiritual Director
April Young has been the director of Emmaus House since December 2024. Her own experience walking with a spiritual director has prompted her to come alongside others on their journeys. April holds a master’s degree in pastoral care from Fordham University and a graduate certificate in spiritual direction and retreats from Creighton University.
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