There’s something almost perverse about that line — that the conditions most hostile to sight are precisely what sharpens it. But as people who have done serious inner work, don’t we recognize the truth of it immediately? The descent, the difficult passage, the season you’d rather skip: these are reliably where the deeper seeing happens. […]
Haden Resource Guide: March 2026
In this issue … Spiritual Direction in Days Dark by Design Let’s speak plainly. Key Republican operatives Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon talk proudly of the current administration’s deliberate “flood the zone” strategy, wherein we are hit with so much awful news each day that we are completely overwhelmed. Paralyzed. Once dispirited, the radical agenda […]
Using Tarot for Personal Growth and Collective Insight
How can the Tarot be a helpful tool for our inner work? What are some of the potential dangers of engaging with Tarot carelessly? What can Tarot offer the collective right now? These are some of the questions that the Haden Institute’s faculty Tarot expert, Brian Relph, fielded in a recent interview. In this blog, […]
Spiritual Direction and Dream Work Resources (Jan 2026)
In this issue … Doing New Things In this inaugural issue of what I’m calling (for now) the Haden Resource Guide, we’ve pulled together inspiration and things you can put to work (in big ways or baby-step ways) as you continue the journey. The Haden Institute is deeply rooted (almost 32 years and counting). It’s […]
Healing Our Pathological Adolescence
by Danielle Shroyer, Haden Institute Faculty & Mentor In our Western understanding, teaching information was the proper path to spiritual understanding. Particularly in Christian contexts, we want people to know things: Bible verses, Bible stories, creeds, theological concepts. In a culture drunk on Enlightenment, we put all of our eggs in knowledge’s too-small basket. And […]