JULIA MOURANT’s focus here is on the spiritual director as a person, not primarily on the “how” of spiritual direction. Mourant introduces spiritual direction as a vocation, and she invites readers to notice the call, maybe with soul-searching, to this ministry. She then outlines models of spiritual direction and discusses courses in it. The next section covers the kind of learning which helps to form a spiritual director. The Spiritual Director: Practising the charism of presence and attentionJulia MourantCanterbury Press £24.99(978-1-78622-577-1)Church Times Bookshop £19.99