A conversation with Margaret Guenther

AbstractMargaret Guenther is currently Associate Rector for Spiritual Formation, St Columba's Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. She is a lecturer, preacher, conductor of workshops and retreats and Professor Emerita of Ascetical Theology, the General Theological Seminary, and she was Director, the Center for Christian Spirituality, the General Theological Seminary (1985–1997). She has worked across the world, including lectureships in Australia and the Netherlands as well as holding teaching roles at George Washington, Harvard and Kansas universities. Her educational background includes (1983) a Masters in Divinity at the General Theological Seminary and a PhD in Germanic Languages and Literatures, Radcliffe College (Harvard University 1958). She was ordained to the priesthood in 1984. Her main publications include:Notes from a Sojourner, Church Publishing, 2002My Soul in Silence Waits, Cowley Publications, 2000The Practice of Prayer, Volume 4 in The New Church's Teaching Series, Cowley Publications, 1998Toward Holy Ground: Spiritual Directions for the Second Half of Life, Cowley Publications, 1995. Published in England by Darton, Longman & Todd, 1996And the acclaimed Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction, Cowley Publications, 1992. Published in England by Darton, Longman & Todd, 1992 (Reviewed in Spirituality and Health International Volume 5, Issue 3) Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.