Three Chairs: In, Out and Up: Exploring the Listening Ministry of Spiritual Direction

"When I was taking part in the Ontario Jubilee program in soul care and spiritual direction, one of the principles that guided our time together was that everything we did as a whole group happened in a circle. While some of the focal elements at the centre of our circle changed with the themes of our gatherings, two remained constant: a lamp representing the presence of God, and a cluster of three small, toy chairs representing the nature of the ministry we were learning ..." (from the article)