Sacred Companions Quotes

“Spiritual friends help us most when they make clear that their job is to point the way, not to lead the way. And the Way to which they should point is Jesus.”
― David G. Benner, Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship Direction

“In its most basic terms Christian spirituality is a relationship with God. Perhaps the most remarkable thing to notice about this Christian God is that is it he who has sought us out, not we him. In fact, anything that we experience as desire for him is simply the result of his Spirit's calling us to himself. Spirituality is the response of spirit to Spirit.”
― David G. Benner, Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship Direction

“Self-absorption is the great enemy of attunement to God.”
― David G. Benner, Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship Direction

“When love is the motive, our heart will be in the right place.”
― David G. Benner, Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship Direction

“Attunement to God’s presence is the core of prayer and the royal route to a deeper relationship with him.”
― David G. Benner, Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship Direction

“Dialogue involves the risk of revealing what is most precious to me. If I remain in a safe zone of opinions, facts and information, I have not exposed my deepest self.”
― David G. Benner, Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship Direction

“The hunger for connection is one of the most fundamental desires of the human heart.”
― David G. Benner, Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship Direction