"The Spirit Map insights were both affirming and inspirational. As difficult as it was to answer some of the questions—or to get past my own critique of them—the end result was simply breathtaking. It was like lifting up a mirror to my soul. It’s so much clearer, now, where my inner compass is trying to lead me.”
--Rev. Jennifer
What is Spirit Map for Individuals?
Spirit Map is a faith-neutral tool that helps individuals explore their spiritual landscape, focus their spiritual practice, grow their spiritual presence, and deepen their spiritual well-being.
The importance of exploration, focus, and growth for personal spiritual well-being is shared by Richard Rohr, the popular spirituality author and speaker. In writing about the many teachers who have recognized that there are clear stages and steps of human and spiritual maturation, Rohr says, "They all affirm that growth and development have a direction and are not a static 'grit your teeth and bear it.' Unless you can chart and encourage both movement and direction, you have no way to name maturity or immaturity." (Italics his) from Falling Upward, A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life.
Spirit Map provides the chart, literally, along with specific ideas for movement and direction.
How does it work?
We ask you to reflect on 44 statements related to spiritual well-being and tell us, for each statement:
We then analyze your responses to provide you with your spiritual Signature Strengths and your Key Opportunities for spiritual growth. We also provide you with a Quadrant Map that shows how the 44 Spirit Map items relate to each other in terms of your presence and importance ratings.
Who might find Spirit Map valuable?
As a faith-neutral inventory, Spirit Map is valuable to:
Who developed Spirit Map?
Unity Church–Unitarian, through its consulting arm Unity Consulting, originally developed Spirit Map as a tool of accountability to its mission of spiritual transformation and "encouraging lives of integrity, service, and joy." Since then, the tool has been piloted (a) at the aggregate level in several congregations and (b) at the individual level with many individuals, including spiritual directors, seminary students, and interested lay people. Through these experiences, related feedback, and analysis, the instrument has been refined to its present form, including the 44 survey items. Our white paper, which you can download on our home page, provides more detail about the expertise of the people who developed the survey items. The paper also describes how the Spirit Map items align with the spiritual domains commonly found in spirituality research literature.
How much does it cost?
$35 for a full report, including your Signature Strengths, Key Opportunities, and a Quadrant Map of all your strengths and opportunities.
Complete the information on our purchase page to purchase Spirit Map for yourself or another individual!
--Rev. Jennifer
What is Spirit Map for Individuals?
Spirit Map is a faith-neutral tool that helps individuals explore their spiritual landscape, focus their spiritual practice, grow their spiritual presence, and deepen their spiritual well-being.
The importance of exploration, focus, and growth for personal spiritual well-being is shared by Richard Rohr, the popular spirituality author and speaker. In writing about the many teachers who have recognized that there are clear stages and steps of human and spiritual maturation, Rohr says, "They all affirm that growth and development have a direction and are not a static 'grit your teeth and bear it.' Unless you can chart and encourage both movement and direction, you have no way to name maturity or immaturity." (Italics his) from Falling Upward, A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life.
Spirit Map provides the chart, literally, along with specific ideas for movement and direction.
How does it work?
We ask you to reflect on 44 statements related to spiritual well-being and tell us, for each statement:
- How true it is of you (presence rating).
- How important it is for you (importance rating).
We then analyze your responses to provide you with your spiritual Signature Strengths and your Key Opportunities for spiritual growth. We also provide you with a Quadrant Map that shows how the 44 Spirit Map items relate to each other in terms of your presence and importance ratings.
Who might find Spirit Map valuable?
As a faith-neutral inventory, Spirit Map is valuable to:
- Anyone looking for greater insight into where their spiritual journey could take them, including members of all faith traditions and people who characterize themselves as "spiritual but not religious." If this describes you, you’ll get the most benefit from your Spirit Map report if you work with a spiritual director, trusted friend, clergy leader, or other spiritual advisor to explore how you might take advantage of your strengths and develop your opportunities.
- Spiritual Directors, psychotherapists and others who help people examine their spiritual lives could find Spirit Map gives them and their clients useful insights for that work together.
- Seminarians as they begin their seminary education to help shape their course of study or as they finish their education and embark on their professional career to help them understand their particular spiritual "brand," and focus on a career that leverages their strengths.
Who developed Spirit Map?
Unity Church–Unitarian, through its consulting arm Unity Consulting, originally developed Spirit Map as a tool of accountability to its mission of spiritual transformation and "encouraging lives of integrity, service, and joy." Since then, the tool has been piloted (a) at the aggregate level in several congregations and (b) at the individual level with many individuals, including spiritual directors, seminary students, and interested lay people. Through these experiences, related feedback, and analysis, the instrument has been refined to its present form, including the 44 survey items. Our white paper, which you can download on our home page, provides more detail about the expertise of the people who developed the survey items. The paper also describes how the Spirit Map items align with the spiritual domains commonly found in spirituality research literature.
How much does it cost?
$35 for a full report, including your Signature Strengths, Key Opportunities, and a Quadrant Map of all your strengths and opportunities.
Complete the information on our purchase page to purchase Spirit Map for yourself or another individual!
How can I stay updated about Spirit Map developments?
Fill out our contact form to let us know you're interested, and we'll send you regular updates.
Fill out our contact form to let us know you're interested, and we'll send you regular updates.