Diane Fillmore

La Habra, CA, United States

What has God been doing in your life? What is He doing now? How have you responded to Him in your...

About Me

What has God been doing in your life? What is He doing now? How have you responded to Him in your past? How would you like to respond to Him now? These are some of the many questions we might explore as we seek together to help you grow into the person God created you to be and to explore His purposes for your life. I'm a former hospice chaplain, pastor and life-writing instructor who loves to help people make sense of their past and discover their future, no matter what your current age. I've trained at the Institute for Spiritual Formation in La Mirada CA, hold an M.A. in Religion and Ethics and am currently finishing a second M.A. in Soul Care and Spiritual Formation.

Contact

Phone: (562) 383-7657

Email:

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Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

females

those with chronic or terminal illness

mid-life or senior adults

cancer patients

Expertise in...

life review

Jill Fisk

Webster Groves, MO, United States

It is my incredible joy to walk alongside women as they discover the fullest expression of who God has designed them...

About Me

It is my incredible joy to walk alongside women as they discover the fullest expression of who God has designed them to be: holy and whole in soul, spirit, and body. I hold a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Aquinas Institute of Theology and am currently pursuing an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. I am a recovering ministry busybody, and through practices such as lectio divina, contemplative prayer, sabbath, retreat, and prayerful yoga, I have found the treasure of being with my Lord instead overworking myself for Him. I meet with individuals or groups in person in the St. Louis area or via Skype or FaceTime. New directees most welcome.

Contact

Phone: 314-973-2688

Email:

Prefer Contact By: text

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

leaders

those seeking physical integration in prayer practices

Expertise in...

yoga

breathwork

meditation

retreat leading

Christine Flower

Surprise, AZ, United States

My personal journey into Spiritual Direction began after my divorce, which sent me into a very dark place both emotionally and...

About Me

My personal journey into Spiritual Direction began after my divorce, which sent me into a very dark place both emotionally and spiritually. Divorce left me broken, feeling that I had nothing left to offer God or other people. It was a death I had not anticipated; it left me without a recognizable identity because my foundation felt shattered. I read many books, sought counsel among a few fellow believers and friends, and embarked on a year-and-a-half journey through Christian counseling, which involved several sessions of inner healing prayer. During that time my friend was going down the road of her own healing and Spiritual Direction training. At her recommendation, I looked into becoming a director myself. The timing of it was like God; I had just finished up my counseling, and when I received the invitation to look into Spiritual Direction, I sensed that counseling tilled the soil for the deeper work that God was about to do in my heart. I think of Spiritual Direction as a quiet place where one can meet with another as they seek God together. When I experience Spiritual Direction as the directee, I know that I feel listened to, heard, understood, and cared for. God’s voice often seems so quiet that it is almost imperceptible, but He is most definitely there. We just have to get quiet enough to listen; Spiritual Direction provides just such the opportunity. Through Spiritual Direction, God seems to reach deep into our souls over time; it’s such a gentle practice.
I have been in Spiritual Direction since 2016, and in May 2018 I graduated from Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction. Alongside my ministry of Spiritual Direction, I am a veteran English teacher (since 1999) and an occasional editor, so I have a long history of working with people. Additionally, I am a mother of one daughter in elementary school and a pit bull who thinks she’s a human.

Contact

Website: https://aquietplacesd.weebly.com

Email:

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Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: NO

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

women

Expertise in...

Lectio Divina

women's spirituality

trauma or grief

Myers-Briggs

Enneagram

rule of life

Sharon Forth

Strongsville, OH, United States

I have experienced enough life to see that God is involved in everything happening, and love helping others to see this...

About Me

I have experienced enough life to see that God is involved in everything happening, and love helping others to see this also. He is ever-present and eager for our relationship. Leading women's groups, being a church secretary, having training in two inner-healing prayer ministries, and the completion of Sustainable Faith's intensive two-year Spiritual Direction course have prepared me to follow my heart's desire of seeing God’s work in others lives through spiritually directing women. Besides being a wife, mother, and grandmother, among other things I enjoy are nature, reading, knitting, art, hospitality, and travel.

During my sessions, I often incorporate spiritual disciplines such as Lectio Divina and the Examen (looking over past days to see where God is moving in our lives). I love helping women “dust for the fingerprints of God”.

Contact

Phone: (216) 744-7032 (home); (440) 334-4941 (cell)

Email:

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Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Women

Expertise in...

Women's spirituality

Lectio Divina

Justin Fox

Seal Beach, CA, United States

I am a graduate of Biola University's MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care ('13). I have been trained in many...

About Me

I am a graduate of Biola University's MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care ('13). I have been trained in many facets of direction, supervision, and various retreat approaches including the Exercises of St. Ignatius.

I’ve been involved in ministry for over two decades, and currently serve as Pastor of Worship at Grace Community Church in Seal Beach, CA. Because of my background as a songwriter, recording artist, and worship leader, I have a unique heart for artists, musicians, and the creative community. My passion is to walk alongside others, especially pastors, missionaries, and other Christian leaders as they discover their unique calling and freedom in Christ. I'm a west coast native, nature enthusiast, husband of 24 years, and father of four children, ages 15-22.

Contact

Phone: 562-508-8433

Website: www.justinfox.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...

pastors

missionaries

artists

creatives

seekers

Expertise in...

Igantian Spirituality

contemplative retreat

music

art

vocational discernment

Lectio Divina

centering prayer

Laura Francis-Thorp

Chapel Hill, NC, United States

It brings me great joy to prayerfully listen for God with others in spiritual direction. As I meet with others, we...

About Me

It brings me great joy to prayerfully listen for God with others in spiritual direction. As I meet with others, we seek to discern invitations from God for spiritual growth and renewal as well as to experience God’s presence and guidance in the midst of life’s ups and downs. With time set apart in an hospitable space, we experience a deeper understanding of Christ's goodness and love through the Holy Spirit. I received my certification in spiritual direction through Leadership Transformation’s Selah program after several years of facilitating Bible study, prayer and spiritual companioning groups and serving in mental health counseling.

Contact

Phone: 919-960-1814

Email:

Prefer Contact By: phone or email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

French

Specialties

Works with...

adults

ministers

high school

college and graduate students

professors

academics

married couples

parents

professionals

terminally ill

Expertise in...

Lectio Divina

women's spirituality

trauma

grief

psychology

Enneagram

recovery

dark night

life transitions

mind-body-soul connection

Deanna Frank

Camp Verde, AZ, AZ, United States

I received my M.A. in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, including 3 semesters of spiritual direction training, from Talbot School of...

About Me

I received my M.A. in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, including 3 semesters of spiritual direction training, from Talbot School of Theology. I have done individual and group direction with college and seminary students as well as with church members and those in ministry. Having been a part of churches from several different denominations and also having lived in Japan for 11 years, I am comfortable working with people from a variety of cultures and Christian backgrounds.

Contact

Phone: (559) 474-9773

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: NO

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Expertise in...

Cross-cultural

third culture

Lana Gentile

Vernon Hills, IL, United States

My heart and passion in spiritual direction is to create an environment for individuals to come and be a soul in...

About Me

My heart and passion in spiritual direction is to create an environment for individuals to come and be a soul in God’s presence. Spiritual direction is an invitation to explore, and engage the miracle, the mystery and the movement of Christ in you and to experience the deep heart of God which leads to freedom and abundant life in Christ. Together we seek to discover your true desires so that you can live into the giftedness and purpose that God has planted in your heart. Colossians 1:27 tells us that, “God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

Just like a caterpillar is created specifically to become a butterfly, each of us is created to be first a child of God in relationship with Him, and second to claim our unique presence in our community. Just like the caterpillar, we need to be transformed from the inside out. The caterpillar spins a cocoon called a chrysalis in which it is encased, and it’s molecular structure is completely transformed into a butterfly. Spiritual direction is like a chrysalis where transformation happens. There is a great mystery in how God transforms a caterpillar into a butterfly. There is also a great ministry in how the Spirit transforms a human soul. In spiritual direction we open ourselves to this mystery, to the Holy Spirit’s transforming presence by engaging various spiritual practices, such as Lectio Divina, Visio Divina, Centering Prayer, etc.

I’m a graduate of Trinity International University (BA in Group & Interpersonal Communications), earned a Certificate in Spiritual Transformation (from the Transforming Center) and a Certification in Spiritual Direction (from Christos Center for Spiritual Formation).

My personal interests are in health & wellness, exercise, yoga, crocheting, crafting in many different forms, seeing God’s creation through my camera, and organizing.

Contact

Phone: 847-951-1583

Email:

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Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Deborah Gill

Springfield, MO, United States

My motto is Grace and Truth; and my goal is to be a best friend of Jesus and to love others...

About Me

My motto is Grace and Truth; and my goal is to be a best friend of Jesus and to love others toward the same.

It has been a joy to serve my Lord Jesus Christ as a senior pastor, missionary, professor, and denominational leader of discipleship. I have been married for 25+ years to my kindred spirit, Jan Gill, an architect/designer of churches. We spent the entire 12 months of the 2014-15 academic year "spiritual adventuring”: traveling 12 countries in pilgrimage—journeying deeper into the presence and power of God. We stayed in monasteries and retreat houses, interviewed spiritual leaders, and concluded with a 32-day Ignatian Retreat.

My ministry specialities include retreats, pilgrimages, and working with a few directees or groups a year who are hungering for more of God, desiring to hear the voice of God, or longing to to abide in Christ. Many of my directees are women in ministry and leadership; and some seek spiritual direction when facing professional transitions, or wanting to be intentional in life-stage planning, or because they have heard an invitation of the Holy Spirit.

Personally, I have been greatly blessed by Ignatian Spirituality (the Ignatian Exercises, 19th Annotation, Examen of Consciousness, and Ignatian Discernment); Teresian Spirituality (Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle and spiritual formation coaching with the Teresian Mansions Mapping Tool); and the spirituality of the ancient Celtic Christians, and the Desert Fathers and Mothers and their contemporary counterparts.

I have completed the Selah Certificate in Spiritual Direction training program; have a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies (Old and New Testaments); and am an ordained minister.

Contact

Phone: 417-379-5297

Email:

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

ministers

missionaries

educators

women in ministry

seasoned adults

Expertise in...

Ignatian

Dale Gish

San Francisco, CA, United States

As a spiritual director and pastor, I offer spiritual direction, the Ignatian Exercises, individual and group retreats, workshops and consultations for...

About Me

As a spiritual director and pastor, I offer spiritual direction, the Ignatian Exercises, individual and group retreats, workshops and consultations for churches and ministries.

I have been a pastor and leader in Christian ministries for more than 25 years, experiencing the joys and sorrows of the life of faith. I have a passion to strengthen and encourage pastors and ministry leaders and to strengthen their relationship with the living God. Through the years I have also walked closely with spouses struggling in their marriages, and people suffering from serious mental health problems. I seek to see my directees in and through the love of the Father, encourage them to encounter the compassion of Jesus, and to open themselves to the Spirit’s work in their lives.

I have a degree in Philosophy from Berea College, a Masters of Divinity from Bethany Theological Seminary, and graduated from both the Soul Formation Academy of Spiritual Direction and Formation, and the Soul Formation School of Spiritual Direction.

My wife Debbie and I have been married for 20 years and have two school-age daughters. Together we lead a marriage ministry in the San Francisco Bay Area and seek to encourage couples towards God and into deeper connection with one another.

Contact

Phone: (415) 608-4604

Website: https://www.deeplybeloved.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...

Pastors

Church leaders

Lay leaders

Youth

Pastor's Family

Missionaries

Married Couples

Anyone seeking God

Expertise in...

Prayer

Ignatian Exercises

Examen

Discernment

Contemplative

Third-Culture

Desire for God

Grief

Midlife Crisis

Burn-out

Discipleship.

Ralph Gjerde

Montrose, PA, United States

I started my career in the business world and transitioned into full time ministry about 10 years ago. I've worked as...

About Me

I started my career in the business world and transitioned into full time ministry about 10 years ago. I've worked as a pastor of spiritual formation and as a director of a Christian retreat center. I have a masters degree in theology from Wheaton Graduate School and another masters degree in spiritual formation and direction from Richmont Graduate University. I am also a graduate of the Renovare Institute of Spiritual Formation. I became a Christian through the Navigators in college. Major spiritual influences: the lives and writings of Ole Hallesby, George MacDonald, and Dallas Willard. As far as hobbies and interests are concerned, I love mountain biking, traveling, cross country skiing, reading and am now working hard at learning German. I'm a big believer in the need for our lives and ministries to flow from a heart seriously and continually seeking intimacy with our Father. I offer spiritual direction to anyone who wishes to grow closer to Christ.

Contact

Phone: (845)645-6264

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Phone or email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: NO

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Norwegian

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors

church leaders

retreat participants

and anyone who wishes to grow closer to Christ.

Expertise in...

Ignatian

Lectio Divina

Larry Glover-Wetherington

Durham, NC, United States

My spiritual formation began when a nursery worker from the church my parents attended visited our home seven days after I...

About Me

My spiritual formation began when a nursery worker from the church my parents attended visited our home seven days after I was born and enrolled me in the Cradle Roll. My father was called into ministry several years later and church was the context of my life. The first time I remember hearing about God, or Jesus, or the Holy Spirit were childhood experiences in church.
As a young person, I began to encounter major changes and challenges in my life. My college education was interrupted by four years in the Air Force, 1968-1972, where I served in Texas, Japan, and Vietnam. I returned from Vietnam embittered and very spiritually needy. After my discharge from the Air Force, my wife and I moved to Gainesville, Florida, so I could finish my BA degree at the University of Florida. Having been separated a year by the Vietnam tour of duty, we immediately began our church life together again.
The Sunday School lessons were about Joseph in the Old Testament. From my Vietnam experience, I readily identified with Joseph being sold into slavery. I was floored when Joseph said to his brothers, “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” How could he say that? How did he know that? Where did he get his faith? It occurred to me one day after much soul-searching, that from his dreams Joseph had realized that God had called him to a higher purpose. All the tragedies had not prevented God’s redemptive purpose for him and, in fact, had him at the very place God needed him to be.
One Sunday afternoon in my living room, the Holy Spirit brought it home to me that I, too, was loved by God, and God had purpose for my life. I didn’t know how Vietnam fit into that, but I trusted God to bring the pieces together. I encountered Christ so personally and profoundly that I felt healing and acceptance fill my being. I began to experience profoundly transforming spiritual growth.
I had entered the University of Florida to go to their Law School. During my last semester, it was time to take the LSAT. During those weeks, I was also reading through the New Testament devotionally. One day in the Spring, between classes, I sat under a pine tree, still very much in prayer about God’s direction for my life, and I turned to the next chapter in the New Testament, which was Ephesians 3. Shortly, I began to read the words, “I, who am less than the least of all the saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” God quickened those words to me in that moment, and I knew God was calling me into the pastoral ministry. To prepare I received the MDiv and ThM degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I have now accompanied individuals and churches for 41 years as a pastor.
When I turned 50, I sensed that God was calling me to a different place in our relationship. I yearned for a deeper intimacy with God, a different language for my spirituality, a more expansive understanding of transformation and spiritual formation, and a more effective usefulness in the Kingdom of God.
I had heard about spiritual direction in seminary, but besides the demands of seminary and pastoring a church, my wife was chronically ill, and I was her primary caretaker. She subsequently died at age 40. Her name was Myra Jane (Janie) Wetherington. The epitaph God gave me for her was: "She was the joyful presence of the suffering God." The journey of being present to her through her illness and death has been one of my most profound walks with God both in questions and assurance. I remarried a couple of years later to Miriam Anne Glover, and we combined our names to Glover-Wetherington.
At the age of 50, I entered the Spiritual Guidance Program offered by the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and received a Certificate of Completion in 2001.
The spiritual journey begins with an inner longing for God, who is grander than us, to satisfy an emptiness within. We may strike out on a search for God only to discover the wondrous truth that God is already searching for us; that our yearning for God is also God’s yearning for us.
Our journey to God is not something we achieve; instead, it is a response of love to God, who wants a love relationship with us that is real and personal. This relationship is a gift that we receive and a choice that we make. The Christian life is not only a journey to God, but a journey with God, within the embrace of God. It is a life lived out of the continual life-giving presence of Christ around us and within us.
Do you have a deep desire for intimacy with God? Have you experienced perplexing spiritual dilemmas and wanted to talk about it without fear of censorship or someone trying to fix you? Has God been at work in your life, but you didn’t recognize that it was God, or how God was leading? Have you been in a period of time where your prayers seem like the doldrums? Does your spiritual life seem dry and meaningless? Does your life seem incredibly busy and without meaning? Have you been away from God for a long time and are wondering how you can cultivate God’s presence in your life? Are you going through a time of major transition? Do those around you look to you for spiritual guidance, but you need a place to talk about your own spiritual concerns? If you find yourself responding positively to these questions, you would benefit greatly from spiritual direction.
I always begin a spiritual direction relationship with three sessions of discernment. We can then prayerfully discern if we are a good fit for that journey. I would love to explore that possibility with you.

Contact

Phone: 919-564-6061

Website: https://www.CompanionsAlongTheWay.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email or phone

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors and church leaders

pastor's family

missionaries

students

elderly

married couples

military

terminally ill

business professionals

major transitions in life and work

Expertise in...

Individual spiritual direction

group spiritual direction

spiritual direction for clergy and lay leaders

life transitions

Robbie Goforth

La Mirada, CA, United States

• Professionally trained in Spiritual Direction at the Institute For Spiritual Formation at Talbot School of Theology • Masters of Arts...

About Me

• Professionally trained in Spiritual Direction at the Institute For Spiritual Formation at Talbot School of Theology
• Masters of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Talbot School of Theology
• Masters of Arts with an emphasis in Bible Exposition from Talbot School of Theology

Contact

Email:

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Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

I am particularly interested in how liturgies shape one's ability to be open to the Lord and how cultural liturgies harm one's ability to be open to the Lord.

Brenda Golden

Roswell, GA, United States

Brenda Golden enjoys creating space for the soul to breathe and to connect to the triune God. Brenda earned a master’s...

About Me

Brenda Golden enjoys creating space for the soul to breathe and to connect to the triune God. Brenda earned a master’s degree in Community Counseling from Georgia State University and a Diploma in Christian Counseling from Richmont. She is a certified addictions specialist and a trained spiritual director. Brenda is both a member of Spiritual Directors International (SDI) and Evangelical Spiritual Directors Association (ESDA). She also received training in The Art of Supervision of Spiritual Directors at North Park Theological Seminary.

Brenda and Jonathan, along with their two sons, founded St. Peter’s Place Anglican Church in Roswell, Georgia, where she leads worship and women’s groups. She is also the founding partner of Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Company through which she and Jonathan work with coffee farmers and orphans in Rwanda.

Brenda is available for both spiritual direction and supervision at The Agape Center for Spiritual Formation in Historic Roswell, GA. agape center.co

Contact

Phone: (678)469-6027

Website: https://www.agapecenter.co/

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

aging persons

pastor's family

students

missionaries

marginalized

prof

Expertise in...

Women's spirituality

trauma or grief

Ignatian

Lectio Divina

Contemplative Prayer Practices

Rule of Life

Enneagram

Stages of Faith

Crisis of Faith

clive gray

Greenisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

I grew up in Northern Ghana as the son of missionaries. My life story developed marrying a Floridian 27 years ago...

About Me

I grew up in Northern Ghana as the son of missionaries. My life story developed marrying a Floridian 27 years ago and have three adult children. It has been a journey that included being a professional pilot, a missionary, a sojourner…yet one of greatest gifts along the path has been the freedom in encountering the knowing the Fathers love for me. It was always so, however now I can live as if I wasn’t less loved. I received a diploma in spiritual direction form Manresa Centre for Spirituality in Dublin, and practice in person in Ireland or via Skype to clients around the world. Fear, worry, anxiety and shame are all a part of who we are…yet His still small voice calls you to trust…trust in new ways, Please let me know how I may accompany your spiritual journey in listening and knowing Jesus in beautiful ways to His Peace and freedom.

Contact

Phone: +447496379192

Email:

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Christian leaders

pastors

people in need of encouragement

people seeking Peace with Jesus.

Monica Romig Green

Whittier, CA, United States

I am so blessed to offer spiritual direction and have a great love for helping Christians recognize all the ways that...

About Me

I am so blessed to offer spiritual direction and have a great love for helping Christians recognize all the ways that God is active in their lives. No matter what our circumstances, God is continually loving, teaching, redeeming and healing us. I am enthusiastic about creativity and the arts, and teach on play, improvisation, creativity and worship. God has also walked with me through relational and physical pain (previous broken marriage, breast cancer, death of a parent). Through those experiences, God has developed in me a deeper compassion for our weaknesses and a marvel at what He can do for us in the midst of our trials.

I have been giving spiritual direction since 2003, and supervising directors since 2005. I received a master’s degree in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Biola University where I also received my direction training. Having lived in Toronto, Canada, and Dallas, TX, I'm now back home in Southern California with my husband Matthew, who is a scholar and writer on Christian spirituality and neuropsychology, and our chihuahua mix Gomez. I was blessed to be the founding director of ESDA for its first 5 years. I now work in Content Development for Grafted Life, specializing in creating interactive experiences that help people relate more deeply and directly to God and each other.

I am not currently taking on any new directees, as my schedule is now full. But I'm happy to make referrals to other quality spiritual directors I know.

Contact

Phone: 469-230-0815

Website: http://monica-romig-green.com/

Email:

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Creative-types

Spiritual Directors

Missionaries

Church Leaders

Counselors/Therapists

Academics

Persons touched by Cancer

Persons touched by Divorce

Expertise in...

Emotional Health

Relational Prayer

Dark Night Experiences

Ignatian Spirituality

Creativity & Art

Improvisation

Stacey Green

Brea, CA, United States

“God comes to us disguised as our lives”…I have always found that statement to be intriguing. Have you ever considered that...

About Me

“God comes to us disguised as our lives”…I have always found that statement to be intriguing. Have you ever considered that God could be speaking to you through the ordinary circumstances of your life? Where is God at work in your life and what are His invitations to you?

My calling is to offer spiritual companionship to women as they navigate the many roles, relationships and transitions in their lives and help them to find freedom in Christ in their places of brokenness, fear and shame. I long to help women awaken to the Presence of God in their daily lives and I seek to offer a safe harbor, a place where others can feel seen, heard and received in the love of Christ.

I received my training in Spiritual Direction through Christian Formation and Direction Ministries (CFDM) in Los Angeles, CA, along with 2 years of soul care training for church leaders at Biola University’s Institute of Spiritual Formation. I have been married to the love of my life for 29 years and have 2 adult children and a 150 pound Bullmastiff, named Bentley.

Contact

Phone: 714-458-5595

Email:

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

women of all ages and stages in life

church leaders

missionaries

Expertise in...

Myers Briggs

Enneagram

Contemplative Spirituality and practices

Richard Green

Eagle, ID, United States

Over the past 40 years I’ve served as a pastor in 4 different churches. In October of 2015 I completed ...

About Me

Over the past 40 years I’ve served as a pastor in 4 different churches. In October of 2015 I completed 9 years of service in my current position. One of the reasons for concluding this phase of my ministry is so that I can devote more time and energy to one of the real passions in my life: spiritual formation and direction ministry. In order to prepare myself for this phase of my life and ministry I completed a two year certificate program in Spiritual Formation and Direction from CFDM (WWW.cfdm.org). I continue to grow as a spiritual director and spiritual formation coach. As a trained spiritual director, I support others in finding the next step on their spiritual path. My ministry is strongly rooted in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition, but I honor all traditions and practices.

Contact

Phone: (208) 608-2634

Website: www.highdesertdirection.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 members

pastors or church leaders

professors or academics

spiritual directors

elderly or aging persons

business professionals

terminally ill

marginalized

Expertise in...

Ignatian

Daily Office

Lectio Divina

Centering Prayer

Myers-Briggs and Ennagram

Spiritual Formation

Terisian Mapping Model/Tool

Susan Green

Chattanooga, TN, ,

Life is eternal and the people God so loves around us everywhere are precious. Listening for the holy of our every...

About Me

Life is eternal and the people God so loves around us everywhere are precious. Listening for the holy of our every days, I continue to be awed by the beauty of the image of God in people. I am eternally thankful for people who have brought clarity and light into the midst of my mystery and challenge, into those things not easily explained or understood. When others have offered a space for me to bring all that I am into all of who God is, I can see that I am fully known. I have seen God's unconditional love as others allowed me space to see all the places God had been with me, and was with me. And I could look forward with faith and hope that there would be no place in the future where I would be left alone.

I am thankful for for those who welcome space for questions and mystery and unanswered questions. I am grateful for those helping me see the "particularness" of being created in God's image for eternal good and God's glory. I want to offer a graced and prayerful presence for others to experience God’s love and presence and care.

In spiritual direction we rest in the reality of God's Trinitarian presence. We listen for the holy, grow in awareness of the holy, and listen with more awareness to the ways God is ever with us. Our life will be transformed when we live it with God.

Beloved community through the Renovaré Institute (2012) and Richmont Graduate University’s Spiritual Direction Program (2015) helped me see walking with others as a spiritual director was my particular gift. I trust deeply in God’s transforming work through spiritual direction and it my great joy and passion. Chattanooga is a short drive to my small home town of Chickamauga, just over the Georgia line, where I love meeting with folks in my home office. I am available for distance direction as well.

And I do think most anything can be made a bit better by sharing a cup of coffee with real cream.
Susan Green, Spiritual Director - 423.802.9565, artiesue@gmail.com

Contact

Phone: 423-802-9565

Website: uniqueadventures.wordpress.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: phone or email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Individual and group spiritual direction

retreat leader and facilitator

lay minister for spiritual formation

contemplative prayer retreat leader. life-map journalling

Expertise in...

Lectio Divina

connecting with God through life mapping and journaling

listening with the ear of the heart

Jamie Greene

Seattle, WA, United States

My 30 years as a pastor and 30 years in business provides a unique combination to offer spiritual direction. I provide...

About Me

My 30 years as a pastor and 30 years in business provides a unique combination to offer spiritual direction. I provide accompaniment opportunities for adults of all ages, with special focus on younger men.

I am a “tent making” pastor like the apostle Paul (Acts 18:3); ordained in the Christian & Missionary Alliance (C&MA). I work in business and face many of the same daily challenges as those in the marketplace do. I have also been a church planting pastor; and non-profit ministry director.

From 2005 -2010, I updated my seminary education with a DMin degree from Bakke Graduate University, www.bgu.edu. My dissertation resulted in a published book, entitled, “Luke-Acts Improv: Biblical Narratives That Get You into The Act”, Harmon Press, Woodinville, WA 2010

During this time, my prayer was significantly transformed by the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola and studies in improvisation.

My approach to spiritual direction is based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola with the Holy Spirit as Spiritual Director (John 14:26). Ignatian spiritual direction is cultivating the art of discernment, that is to hear and recognize the voice of Jesus through Scripture and prayer. This leads to freedom, clarity, and focus for life and ministry, along with confidence to act in accordance with God’s leading. . . so you may be able to discern what is best. . . (Philippians 1:9-10; Luke 24:13-32, John 10:27)

I wear Luke-Acts Improv lenses like an actor on an improv stage finding his place in the story. “Luke-Acts Improv” is a metaphor for reframing our lives in the drama of the biblical story. This Gospel frame helps set the stage to see God in all things; to notice, listen, and discover where God may be at work.

I specialize in providing Ignatian-based experiential learning opportunities with Luke-Acts Improv lenses that are formative for individuals and groups. Together with reflective-interactive accompaniment, such experiences help participants to taste of and witness to the life-transforming grace of God in Christ.

In recent years, my experience has been significantly impacted by becoming a Benedictine Oblate, at Westminster Abbey, Mission, BC, Canada. The Benedictine Rule, with its spirituality of work, has a great deal to offer the individual grappling with issues of work-life balance.

It’s a joy to be able to offer these streams of living water in Christ to support and encourage others, “that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:2-3)

Contact

Phone: 206 854 4237

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors

Business professionals

Church and ministry leaders

Seminary and education leaders

Young adults

Especially younger men

Persons touched by divorce

Persons touched by disability

Elderly or aging persons

Expertise in...

Missionary discipleship

Street chaplaincy

Improvisation

Prayer as encounter

Prayer-Work-Life Balance

Transition after loss/setbacks

Calling and Vocation

Intersection of faith and work

Protestant-Catholic interaction

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