One theme in this issue of The Way is that of spiritual direction. Ignatius' phrase, 'the person who gives to another the way and order in which to meditate or contemplate' (Exx 2) is an evocative, precise expression, for all its cumbersomeness. What is at stake is something more than mere accompaniment, more than supportive grunts or Rogerian repetitions. Often, the creative movement where the God is 'inflaming the soul' (Exx 15) escapes our notice at first. We need to be directed towards it. Nor is it just the director who is active; God's touch engages our reflective and imaginative powers. Any Christian conversion encourages us constantly to be re-envisaging ourselves and our society. The living God is constantly producing something new, something which involves cost and effort on our part too.
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