Shari Freeman

Atlanta, GA, United States

I became interested in spiritual direction in 2014 when I realized that I was spending a lot of time “doing church”...

About Me

I became interested in spiritual direction in 2014 when I realized that I was spending a lot of time “doing church” but really longed for a deeper and more intimate connection with God. I wanted to learn how to spend time with God in prayer and to hear His voice in my life.

Through spiritual direction, God has nurtured my soul and drew me closer to Him. This deeper connection has sustained me through several life changes over the past few years. Spiritual direction has helped me navigate these changes and to discern God’s direction for me.

At some point in my journey I felt invited to become a spiritual director myself, so that I could be with others as they navigate life and seek God. I received training and a graduate certificate in spiritual direction through the Center for Sustainable Faith. I am deeply blessed as a spiritual director to journey with others and to see God’s handiwork in their lives.

My husband and I attend Bridge to Grace Covenant Church in Roswell Georgia where I serve as discipleship ministry lead and women’s bible study teacher.

Contact

Phone: (678) 296-7558

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Expertise in...

Ignatian; Lectio Divina; Spiritual Journey; Enneagram

Jennifer Friesen

Indianapolis, IN, United States

I find great joy in coming alongside others to pay attention together to the activity of God in their lives. I...

About Me

I find great joy in coming alongside others to pay attention together to the activity of God in their lives. I grew up in a Christian home as a child of missionaries in Spain and then served together in Ecuador with my husband for eight years during our early years of marriage. After a difficult season of disorientation, I was introduced to spiritual direction and began meeting with a director. Through this relationship I began developing a framework for making sense of my inner life and began to grow in intimacy with Jesus in a way I had not known was possible.

Over the years a desire grew in me to provide presence for others in the same way. I received my training through Sustainable Faith Indy. My husband and I now serve full time with an organization where our ministry is shepherding global Kingdom workers and companioning them in their journey with God. I enjoy spending time with my husband traveling the globe and with our 3 young adult kids. I also enjoy bicycling on local trails and reading. I am available to meet face to face or virtually.

Contact

Phone: (317)869-8421

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Spanishmission

Specialties

Works with...

Pastor's family

missionaries

Expertise in...

cross-cultural

third-culture

Jason Garrett

Campbellsville, KY, United States

I am a Professor of Communication at Campbellsville University and recently completed Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction in 2020. I...

About Me

I am a Professor of Communication at Campbellsville University and recently completed Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction in 2020. I earned my Ph.D. in Communication in 2008, and have taught courses in interpersonal, public, and mass communication at the university level since 2003.

Originally from North Carolina, I studied theater and film at the undergraduate and graduate levels before working in a variety of churches, ministries, and production companies. I have written, directed, produced, and edited many faith-based and missions-oriented films and videos, traveled to four other continents, and directed several plays and musicals. Along the way I met my wife, and we have two boys we currently homeschool.

I became acquainted with spiritual direction after joining a small group focused on fostering group direction. After being affirmed as a “natural spiritual director” through that experience, our host invited me to attend Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction alongside her. Surprisingly, my previous studies in the craft of storytelling and interpersonal communication fit seamlessly into the ministry of spiritual direction. Listening to and analyzing fictional characters and their backstories for two decades, I naturally transitioned into listening to and inquiring into the lives of those in crisis. Life tends to wear us down, and we often lose sight of the role we have been called to play.

When I couple this experience with 17 years of students plopping down onto my office couch to seek aid in matters of both mind and heart, I feel well prepared for the ministry of spiritual direction. I pray God will use my previous studies and life experiences to help others find focused direction in their unique journeys.

My family attends the Vineyard Church in Campbellsville, where we have served on the ministry team. During the summers we love to visit National Parks or to work in other countries. I have previously taught Italian Cinema in Italy and will soon teach Japanese Cinema in Japan. We humbly give God all the credit for our work, our marriage, and our family.

Contact

Phone: 270.283.2908 (cell)

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email or text

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

students

professors

academics

married couples

pastors

youth

church leaders

pastor's family

missionaries

Expertise in...

Ignatian

Lectio Divina

creativity

men's spirituality

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:

Prefer Contact By: email

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 30+ 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; the six-week English Immersion Course in Ignatian Spirituality, Cova Manresa Spain (above the case where Ignatius of Loyola write the Spiritual Exercises); 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

Steve Gioielli

Boulder, CO, United States

Steve is a spiritual director and licensed psychologist in private practice in Boulder, CO. With a posture of curiosity and openness...

About Me

Steve is a spiritual director and licensed psychologist in private practice in Boulder, CO. With a posture of curiosity and openness to the human experience, he works to foster a collaborative exploration into the sacred spaces in people’s lives and relationships. Steve also focuses on working with people who feel stuck or disoriented on their spiritual journey. He received his training in spiritual direction from the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University, where he also completed his doctorate in clinical psychology. Steve’s areas of interest and professional research include spirituality and psychoanalysis, spiritual abuse and trauma, and clergy and congregational flourishing.

Contact

Phone: 720-541-9630

Website: www.soulcare.com

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Dale Gish

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA, 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.

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...

Certificate in Spiritual Guidance - a two-year program for spiritual directors by the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation

Forty-one years in pastoral ministry

24 years experience leading congregations in transition between pastors

spiritual direction for clergy and lay leaders

life transitions

Board Certified Coach (BCC ) Certificate # 3189 by the Center for Credentialing & Education

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:

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...

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 spirituality (trained to lead peole through the spiritual exercises

Lectio Divina

Contemplative Prayer Practices

Rule of Life

Enneagram

Stages of Faith

Crisis of Faith

S. Randall Gooder

Indianapolis, IN, United States

Trained at Fall Creek Abbey in Indianapolis, IN, I am a Pastor / Spiritual Director with a desire to walk with...

About Me

Trained at Fall Creek Abbey in Indianapolis, IN, I am a Pastor / Spiritual Director with a desire to walk with others to discern the work and leading of the Holy Spirit in their lives and ministries. I have been a pastor for 19 years and offering Spiritual Direction since 2018.

Contact

Phone: (317) 985-1720

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email / Telephone

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors

Church Leaders

Missionaries

Academics

Rob Goodman

San Antonio, TX, United States

I am an Anglican priest and spiritual director in San Antonio, Texas. I offer spiritual direction through a non-profit organization dedicated...

About Me

I am an Anglican priest and spiritual director in San Antonio, Texas. I offer spiritual direction through a non-profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities for people of all ages to encounter God’s transforming power through Creation, Community and Contemplation.
I am particularly interested in the spiritual component of health, the rhythms of spiritual health for those in the helping professions, and the spiritual care of veterans.
I hold a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Perkins Theological Seminary and a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary. I also hold a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University and am a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (SAIM), but I no longer practice veterinary medicine after retiring from the Army Veterinary Corps and entering full time ministry.

Contact

Phone: (210)602-3345

Website: horizons-sa.org

Email:

Prefer Contact By: e-mail

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

pastors

leaders

healthcare professionals

recovery

veterans

Expertise in...

liturgical spirituality

rule of life

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

Spiritual direction supervision

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

Matthew Green

Whittier, CA, United States

Spiritual formation was, for me, a ray of hope when life wasn't working the way I understood it. I knew that...

About Me

Spiritual formation was, for me, a ray of hope when life wasn't working the way I understood it. I knew that God was real, and I knew the Holy Spirit was there, but it felt like there was something missing, and it was first in the community at the Institute for Spiritual Formation that I discovered that what was missing was... me. I had to recognize that as much as God mattered to me, I mattered to God, a rather drastic shift in my perspective, but one that I hope I can bring to my relationship with directees.

I grew up the second son of a Baptist pastor but managed to work my way into the Anglican church, where I discovered I really appreciate the tangible quality that symbolism and ritual provides. I received my training in direction partially from the Institute for Spiritual Formation, partially from Regis College in Toronto, and partially from bumping elbows with enough spiritual directors that enough of it rubbed off. I have a Masters in Spiritual Formation and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Theology, focusing on the neuroscience of spirituality (because somewhere along the way, I decided theology needs more neuroscience in it).

I hope that direction provides a place where people can be listened to and heard in a way our society often misses. And if God is in the quiet whisper, as Elijah found, then I also hope the direction room can be a place where we can stop long enough to hear. Blessings to you as you discern where the Lord is in your journey.

Contact

Website: www.matthewrgreen.com

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In-person Direction: NO

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Specialties

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Men

Women

Church Leaders

Academics

Pastors

Expertise in...

Emotion

Neuroscience

Anglicanism

Enneagram

Personality Types

Dallas Willard

Dry Humor

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:

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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

Allison Greenwald

Ames, IA, United States

I completed Spiritual Direction training through Christos Center for Spiritual Formation in Minneapolis. In addition to offering spiritual direction in my...

About Me

I completed Spiritual Direction training through Christos Center for Spiritual Formation in Minneapolis. In addition to offering spiritual direction in my home, I lead contemplative retreats 2-3 times a year in central Iowa.

Contact

Phone: 515.231.7049

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

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