Summary: Spiritual direction is something that many saints have written about but it seems to have vanished over the last sixty years or so. In fact, I doubt most Catholics have any clue what spiritual direction is or they think that it's like "psychotherapy for Catholics" where you lie on the couch in the spiritual director's office and tell him or her about your temptations and how hard it is to finish praying a rosary with kids screaming in the background. This week I was honored to have Dan Burke on the Behind the Counter radio show. Dan is the Executive Director of the National Catholic Register and the founder of the Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction Blog which now has over 10,000 members. Dan has a new book coming out this fall called Navigating the Interior Life that is the perfect introduction to spiritual direction. The link to the interview is at the top of the book description along with a sample from the book. You can call our comment line at 719-235-5045. You can listen to the show on the Catholic radio stations in Colorado as well as on-line. The show airs on Saturday at noon, Sunday at 1, Monday at 11 and Wednesday at 6am. After interviewing Dan and reading through part of his book, I realize that I really need to find a spiritual director and work on my own spiritual formation a lot more. Next week we'll be broadcasting from the Catholic Marketing and Catholic New Media Conference shows in Arlington, TX. Listen to other episodes of Behind the Counter Catholic Radio Show.
