Personal
Recommendation
Form

We're grateful for your willingness to offer your insights and understanding of an applicant's 'fit' for our program. What you write will not be seen by the applicant. If you would like further information about Listening for Light: Formation for Spiritual Direction, please click here.

Name of Listening for Light applicant who requested this reference:

Short answer

About You:

First name

Last name

Your Email

Your Phone (in case we have follow-up questions)

What is your relationship to the applicant? *

Spiritual Director

Pastor

Mentor

Friend

How long have you known the applicant, and in what context? *

How long/context

What are your impressions of the applicant's growing relationship with God and desire for maturity? *

Relationship with God/maturity

How have you been aware of the applicant's spiritual practices, including prayer, and how the applicant loves and serves Christ in daily life? *

Spiritual Practices; Daily Life

How have you experienced the applicant's ability to walk generously with others, offering their listening heart and inviting the Spirit of God to speak? *

Ability to listen, inviting God

In your experience, what are some of the applicant's strengths and weaknesses, gifts and challenges? What is your sense of how the applicant understands these? *

Strengths, weaknesses, gifts, challenges

What hesitancy or caution might you have about this applicant participating in a program designed to prepare them to offer spiritual direction to others? *

Reasons for concern or caution

Is there anything else you believe we should know as we discern this applicant's potential enrollment in this program? *

Anything else

Personal Recommendation Form

Personal
Recommendation
Form