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This book is the first ever written on the meaning and value of using art forms in the ministry of spiritual direction. The use of art by spiritual directors has the capacity to deepen understanding and enrich the full experience of spiritual direction. Included are the biblical, theological, and very practical aspects related to the use of art: how these truths are expressed in various genres of art and in ways that bring depth of knowledge, wisdom, and guidance in understanding one's relationship with God and others, as well as the possibilities for further growth and maturity in those relationships. The text is written for spiritual directors, their mentors, and supervisors, and for those receiving the ministry of direction. It provides encouragement and is instructive for all those desiring to increase their knowledge, understanding, and level of experience in the profound opportunities for individuals' spiritual formation, conformation, and transformation in the ministry of spiritual direction.

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"""Mara Crabtree invites spiritual directors to explore the gift of artistic forms in their ministries with those seeking to explore and comprehend the presence of God in their lives. As a professor of preaching, I would suggest that this book should not be limited to spiritual directors. The work of teachers of preaching, and preachers themselves, will be deepened by her insights. How important it might prove to combine visio divina and lectio divina."" --Lucy Lind Hogan, professor emerita of preaching and worship, Wesley Theological Seminary ""At nineteen I stood transfixed before Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica, and that profound experience has shaped my understanding of art and theology ever since. Mara Crabtree has now brought these two worlds together for me, articulating what I had no words for at nineteen and still struggled to describe decades later. This beautiful book brings together two worlds that simply belong together."" --Holly Allen, adjunct professor of Christian ministries and family science, Lipscomb University"

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Mara Lief Crabtree is an associate professor of spiritual formation at the Regent University School of Divinity. She is ordained with the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches (CEEC) and a member and former chaplain in the International Order of St. Luke the Physician.

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