Janet Wineman

Louisville, CO, United States

I grew up in Southern California and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder. I served in the ministry of...

About Me

I grew up in Southern California and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder. I served in the ministry of Cru/Campus Crusade for Christ for 22 years, ministering to college students and business professionals along Colorado's Front Range. I received a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Denver Seminary (a two-year program, 2002), and later earned a Masters in Christian Formation and Soul Care also from Denver Seminary (2009). In addition, I have completed a three-year program (earning another certificate) in Spiritual Direction from the Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality in Denver, Colorado (2013). I also have completed formational training at the Lanteri Center to accompany individuals praying with the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises (2015).

I attend Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette, Colorado, and serve on the prayer team, and participate in local and international ministry. I am grateful to be married to my husband Andy and enjoy our three young adult children and my son-in-law.

I offer spiritual direction and practice this ministry as a part of Christian formation, soul care, and transformation in the journey of a Christ follower.

Contact

Phone: 720-203-5143

Website: www.presencespiritualdirection.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: janet@presencespiritualdirection.com

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

moms

pastors

ministry leaders

global workers

faith leaders

business professionals

seminary students

Expertise in...

I prayed with the Ignatian Exercises in Daily Life

received training to offer the Exercises

and have offered spiritual direction for a person praying with the Exercises.

Angela Wisdom

West Chicago and Wheaton, IL, United States

We live in a culture with many voices competing for our attention. Spiritual direction is a place of refreshing hospitality where...

About Me

We live in a culture with many voices competing for our attention. Spiritual direction is a place of refreshing hospitality where we are given the gift of a set-aside time and space to prayerfully listen to God with the companionship and support of a spiritual director. Healthy spiritual direction supports our own relating with God. We return to the activities and relationships God has given us better attuned to him. It is a joy and privilege to offer this special kind of prayerful companionship and hospitality to others.

I received formal training at the Institute for Spiritual Formation, Talbot School of Theology and have been practicing formal direction since 2004. I served as Associate Director of Supervision & Practice and Senior Faculty for Selah a two-year certificate training program for spiritual directors from 2007 until 2017, when I resigned to reduce my travel and focus on private practice.

I have lived in many parts of the U.S. and abroad. As a result, I enjoy praying with individuals from all backgrounds and cultures. Prior to my seminary studies, I was actively engaged in training and equipping worship leaders and ministry teams for service as Vice President of Training for Maranatha! Music. These years of serving Christian leaders from a variety of backgrounds in a variety of contexts have given me special appreciation for the breadth and diversity of the Body of Christ. I have a deep-seated desire to see others live from a place of freedom, health and trust in God as they image him in their own unique ways in the special contexts and circumstances of their lives.

I frequently offer contemplative spiritual direction and supervision to other spiritual directors, counseling and ministry professionals who have found it difficult to find a director committed to contemplative practice. I offer in-person and on-line spiritual direction and supervision as well as individual and group day retreats from my home in West Chicago, IL and from the Tau Center in Wheaton, IL. My home has a prayer and worship room open to house guests, a place where directees often enjoy some time settling in before our times of formal spiritual direction begin.

Contact

Phone: (949) 887-8842

Email:

Prefer Contact By: E-mail

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors

Ministry Leaders

Spiritual Directors

Counselors

Academic Leaders

Expertise in...

Contemplative Spiritual Direction

Supervision

Brent Worthington

Whittier, CA, United States

I received a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Talbot School of Theology in...

About Me

I received a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Talbot School of Theology in 2016 and have been giving direction since 2014. I am a Staff Director and Supervisor at the Center for Spiritual Renewal as well as an adjunct faculty at Talbot Seminary where I give individual and group direction.

I consider it such a gift to be able to sit with others and process their experience of God and his work in their lives. I love direction because it allows others to sit in the reality of their experiences and story and know God's love for them as they are truly seen and heard. My background is in the local church and Christian education.

I have been married to my wife for seven years. We have two kids, one daughter and one son.

Contact

Phone: 5627081903

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors

Church Leaders

College Age

Youth

Ted Wueste

Phoenix, AZ, United States

I have a deep desire to see others spiritually formed through a deepening intimacy with the Trinity. For me, providing a...

About Me

I have a deep desire to see others spiritually formed through a deepening intimacy with the Trinity. For me, providing a safe place to prayerfully explore how God is leading and at work is the core of spiritual direction.

In addition to being a spiritual director, I also serve as the Director of the Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona. I also serve as an adjunct professor in Spiritual Formation at Phoenix Seminary.

Having served as a pastor for over 20 years, I have a heart for pastors and ministry leaders. Knowing the unique challenges they face, I value and cherish the opportunity to walk alongside ministry leaders in direction.

I enjoy leading retreats centered around Spiritual Formation ... both "traditional" retreats that center around teaching (intro/primers for SF) and contemplative retreats that facilitate deepening intimacy with God.

I completed a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Selah (Leadership Transformations) as well as Larry Crabb's School of Spiritual Direction (New Way Ministries). My academic training includes a MDiv, STM, and DMin. My approach to SD is contemplative in style and Trinitarian in theology.

Contact

Phone: 602-753-7599

Website: desertdirection.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

men

women

couples

pastors

academics

missionaries

Expertise in...

working with leaders and pastors

Karen Wycoff Watson

Carlsbad, CA, United States

I find Spiritual Direction to be incredibly life giving. Providing it or receiving it. Coming alongside of others, helping them notice...

About Me

I find Spiritual Direction to be incredibly life giving. Providing it or receiving it. Coming alongside of others, helping them notice God at work in their lives, is a unique privilege. Whether you are experiencing good times or are walking through difficulties, I would love to provide a safe place for you to share and prayerfully listen for where God’s love and grace may be seeping into your life. Together, with God’s guidance, we could explore spiritual disciplines that could be helpful for you. Or maybe you just need intentional time, space and companionship to help you process what your currant season in life might be showing you.

No matter what is going on in our lives, we can trust the Lord is always at work in us. Having someone with us, to share these things with, in the company of the Lord, is a rare gift, a healthy way to tend to our souls.

As for me personally, I completed my certification in Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Leadership and Spiritual Direction with The Leadership Institute. I have been trained to walk with others using the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius, using Larry Warner's book, Journey with Jesus as well. I particularly enjoy accompanying others as they explore these phenomenal life transformational practices. Contact me if you are interested in talking what it would look like to go through the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius.
I also enjoy working with the Enneagram with directees (if they so desire).

I have worked in my local church for over 30 years in the areas of small groups, women in leadership, and Bible study. I have been through my own personal seasons of the soul (dark times as well as times of joy) and have gratefully learned, God uses it all. My passion has long been to see the transforming power of God’s never-ending love and extravagant grace, go deeper and deeper into the lives of His children.

In my leisure, I love to read, capture beauty with my camera, write, paint, and walk the beach looking for seashells and heart shaped rocks. But most of all I love being with family and friends, especially my adorable granddaughters.

Contact

Phone: 760-500-0688

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

women

women in ministry/leadership

groups

Expertise in...

Lectio Divina

Ignatian Exercises

Women's Issues

Enneagram

Dark Night

Recovery

Grief

Spiritual Disciplines

Creativity

Keiko Yamada

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

I love providing a space for people who are weary and heavy laden, where their souls can be cared for, listened...

About Me

I love providing a space for people who are weary and heavy laden, where their souls can be cared for, listened to, and accompanied. I also enjoy cultivating a space of rest by providing beauty through art and music.

I grew up in a third-culture context while living in multiple countries such as Japan, Canada, the United States, and China. This unique upbringing has trained me to see things outside of the box, and to be sensitive with how our culture can affect us.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Music in piano performance, I served for nearly 2 years as a full-time campus minister with missions organizations in the States. Shortly after that, I moved to East Asia to serve as missionary there for 7 years. It is one of my deepest passions to see people not just survive in the unique contexts that God has placed them, but to flourish and thrive.

As a result of going through several difficult seasons of ministry, I was drawn to spiritual formation. I was attracted to understanding how people actually grow in their spiritual journeys, and how I can be part of God’s transforming work in their lives. After graduating in May 2018 with a MA in Spiritual Formation & Soul Care at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University), I am currently offering spiritual direction as a Spiritual Director to a wide range of people both individually and in groups.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me!

Contact

Phone: 7147171922

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Japanese

Chinese

Specialties

Works with...

third culture kid/adult

missionaries

artists

musicians

worship leaders

Expertise in...

creativity

third-culture

cross-cultural

music

art

missions

Mary Yerkes

Manassas, VA, United States

I’m Mary Yerkes, a certified spiritual director through Sustainable Faith. I currently serve with Leadership Investment Intensives (Lii), helping leaders around...

About Me

I’m Mary Yerkes, a certified spiritual director through Sustainable Faith. I currently serve with Leadership Investment Intensives (Lii), helping leaders around the world develop and maintain deep, sustainable intimacy with God. I also work independently, offering individual and group spiritual direction, as well as retreats.

My specialties include working with church and marketplace leaders, pastors and pastor’s wives, missionaries, and writers. Through my work as a spiritual director, I address such diverse issues as deepening intimacy with God, soul care, life change and challenges, rest, suffering, chronic pain and illness, and more.

Currently, I'm creating and teaching a course titled, Writing as Sacred Journey, exploring the connection between writing, spiritual formation, and healing. I'm also a professional writer and certified life coach. I work primarily with women.

Contact

Phone: 703-347-1790

Website: www.maryyerkes.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

church leaders

business leaders

pastors and pastor's family members

missionaries

disabled persons

people living with chronic pain and illness

women writers

and others.

Expertise in...

Creativity

writing

inner healing

life coach

abuse

domestic violence

grief

body-spirit connection

chronic pain and illness

life coach

and more.

Mary Yerkes

Sanford NC, USA, NC, United States

As a seasoned spiritual director and leadership mentor, I walk alongside women who desire a deeper walk with God and an...

About Me

As a seasoned spiritual director and leadership mentor, I walk alongside women who desire a deeper walk with God and an understanding of His movement in their lives, especially during times of hardship to trial. My practice is trauma-informed and focuses on attending to the movement of the Holy Spirit, listening prayer, inner healing, understanding your story, spiritual practices/disciplines, writing to heal, and the biblical integration of body, soul, and spirit.

My strengths include discernment, listening deeply to you and to the Holy Spirit, redemptive storytelling, insightfulness, asking questions that break through the clutter and get to the heart, and meaning making. My directees come from all walks of life, but most women I work with fall into one or more of these categories: seasoned and/or emerging leaders, church staff or missionaries, writers and creatives, and women who feel marginalized.

As someone who has suffered deeply, I am comfortable creating a safe place for women who live with chronic pain and illness, who are rebuilding their lives after divorce, and who feel isolated or marginalized by life circumstances and challenges.

My training is through Sustainable Faith's School of Spiritual Direction.

Contact

Phone: 703-347-1790

Website: www.maryyyerkes.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email or phone

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

women

leaders

creatives

writers

aging

divorced

chronically ill

disabled

Expertise in...

women's spirituality

leadership

creativity

writing

spiritual disciplines

inner healing

trauma-informed

divorce

Alice Young

Saint Charles, MD, United States

Onward and upward – that’s what I told myself and anyone else who would listen! I love the call from C.S...

About Me

Onward and upward – that’s what I told myself and anyone else who would listen! I love the call from C.S. Lewis’ The Last Battle to come into the Kingdom – further up and further in. I’ve found in Spiritual Direction that God’s Voice also calls me to go deeper, get quiet, and enjoy the Lord’s presence with me in the present moment. It’s an increased awareness of God’s presence in my life…and that’s an invitation I can’t refuse!
After serving as a Vineyard pastor for nineteen years in a small, culturally diverse congregation southeast of Washington D.C., Spiritual Direction became the way further up and in. I received my training in Spiritual Direction from HCMI (Healing Care Mandate International, Certificate in Spiritual Formation & the Art of Spiritual Direction, 2015) and in Formational Prayer (Ashland Theological Seminary, Certificate in Formational Prayer, 2014). As a Spiritual Director, I also use Formational Prayer as a means to help people experience God’s healing touch in a personal way. Formational Prayer is a ministry of the Holy Spirit, moving through a Christian caregiver to bring the healing presence of Jesus Christ to the place of pain and brokenness. Formational Prayer helps remove emotional impediments in our awareness of and response to God’s presence in our lives. I am also available to facilitate Healing Care small groups. Currently I help supervise the cohort of Spiritual Directors in training with HCMI.
Born and raised in Canada I have Dutch roots and lived overseas. I have resided in Maryland for the last couple of decades where my husband and I have raised our three children and a myriad of pets, including baby ducks, a snake, and several dogs and cats. I can’t decide whether I’m an extrovert or an introvert (I land in the middle on all those personality tests) so I’ve decided I’m both! I love people, reading, dark chocolate and travel. When things get tight and life gets crazy, I try to remember to breathe and say the Jesus prayer. One of the nicest things someone has said about me to someone else was, “Do you ever get together with Alice and NOT talk about God??” God in all things - what else is there??

Contact

Phone: 301.653.1417 (cell)

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Becky Young

Fort Collins, CO, United States

My calling is to walk with those who are seeking to connect with God and process their spiritual journey in...

About Me

My calling is to walk with those who are seeking to connect with God and process their spiritual journey in a deeper way. I feel a particular connection to those who are suffering, are going through or are going through a dark night of the soul. I also enjoy working with people who are seeking understanding in how their childhood has impacted their relationship with God. I have an M.A. in Christian Formation and Soul Care and a M.A. in Counseling from Denver Seminary and am based in northern Colorado but frequently travel to Denver. I would love to hear more about what God is doing in your life and how you can grow closer to Him!

Contact

Website: www.beckyyoung.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Women

Church Leaders

Missionaries

Students

Expertise in...

Lectio Divina

women's spirituality

dark night of the soul

suffering

Enneagram

faith crisis

imaginative prayer

nature

creativity

Ellen Zaeske

Fargo, ,

Sometimes its difficult to know what God is up to in one's life. I enjoy working with people discerning their call...

About Me

Sometimes its difficult to know what God is up to in one's life. I enjoy working with people discerning their call, discerning God's activity in their life. I enjoy creating a sacred space for soul work to happen. I recently have retired as a Christian counselor to become more focused as a Spiritual Director. I facilitate the Ignatian Retreat and am a facilitator trainer. I am a Program Coordinator (Fargo) for Christos Center for Spiritual Formation, SD training.

Contact

Phone: 701-232-6224 (office: Valley Christian Counseling Center)

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

pastors or church leaders

elderly

Christian seekers

Expertise in...

Ignatian

Lectio Divina

women's spirituality

trauma or grief

Rama Ziegenhals

Essex, MA, United States

Rama is the Founder and Director of PAX Center for Christian Spiritual Formation. She received her Masters in Spiritual Formation and...

About Me

Rama is the Founder and Director of PAX Center for Christian Spiritual Formation. She received her Masters in Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Spring Arbor University, and her certificate in spiritual direction from the Listen Course. She offers spiritual direction in both Essex and Cambridge, MA. She values spiritual direction as a place of discovery and awareness of God’s abiding and transforming love. In her younger days, she spent 13 years as a corporate banker with a passion for integrating faith and work.

Rama is married with two adult daughters. She enjoys her friends, hiking, and spending time with her family in the mountains of New Hampshire. Rama is currently taking on new directees on a limited basis.

Contact

Phone: (978) 471-9561

Website: www.paxcenter.org

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors and church leaders

millennials & college students

academics

and multiethnic churches.

Expertise in...

Ignatian spirituality and The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

Bebedictine spirituality and rule of Life

dark night and discernment

and cross cultural spiritual direction.

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