Grafted Life Ministries

Bill Gaultiere

Irvine, CA, United States

Founder of Soul Shepherding which includes The Soul Shepherding Institute and Spiritual Direction Training. Practice of direction is currently limited to...

About Me

Founder of Soul Shepherding which includes The Soul Shepherding Institute and Spiritual Direction Training. Practice of direction is currently limited to Pastors and Ministry Leaders

Contact

Website: www.soulshepherding.org

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: NO

Tele-Direction: NO

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors

Church and Ministry leaders.

Expertise in...

Spiritual Formation

Emotional and Spiritual Development

Soul care

Leadership. Enneagram

Lecito Divina

Ignation Exercises

rule of life.

Kristi Gaultiere

Irvine, CA, United States

Co-Founder with her husband Bill of Soul Shepherding a ministry to Pastors and Ministry Leaders which The Soul Shepherding Institute and...

About Me

Co-Founder with her husband Bill of Soul Shepherding a ministry to Pastors and Ministry Leaders which The Soul Shepherding Institute and the Spiritual Direction Training available with that. Kristi and Bill are also authors of the book "Journey of the Soul: A practical guide to emotional and spiritual growth". Kristi and Bill also the creators of the sabbatical coaching resource: sabbatialguide.com.

Contact

Website: soulshepherding.org

Email:

Prefer Contact By: e-mail

Available For

In-person Direction: NO

Tele-Direction: NO

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: YES

Languages Spoken

English

Specialties

Works with...

Primarily Pastors Wives and Ministry Leaders

Expertise in...

Spiritual and emotional growth

Soul Care

Enneagram

Lectio Divina

Ignatian Exercises

Rule of life

Leadership. Spiritual Formation

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

Griffin, GA, 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 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); Carmelite 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 at Cova Manresa Spain (above the cave where Ignatius of Loyola wrote the Spiritual Exercises); have a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies (Old and New Testaments); and am an ordained minister.

Contact

Phone: 417-379-5297

Website: SherpaClimb.org

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...

ministers

missionaries

educators

women in ministry

seasoned adults

Christ-followers who long to go deeper and higher

Expertise in...

Ignatian

Dale Gish

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA, CA, United States

Catherine of Sienna said God is always looking at us with a gaze of love and we are invited to stop...

About Me

Catherine of Sienna said God is always looking at us with a gaze of love and we are invited to stop and return that gaze. As a spiritual director, I walk with people as they seek to open themselves to God’s love, to experience their belovedness, and let that love overflow to those around them. There are many barriers and distractions, we fall short, we struggle, but God is patient, does not give up on us, and invites us to open our hearts to know his presence and care in every season of our lives.

As a spiritual director and pastor, I offer individual spiritual direction and lead people through the Ignatian Exercises, a life-transforming journey of prayer.

For more than 25 years as a pastor and leader in Christian ministries, I have experienced the joys and sorrows of the life of faith. I worked hard, gave myself sacrificially to God and to God’s people. Along the way, I became depleted, worn down, and came to the end of myself. In that place of brokenness and need, the Lord met me and began a journey of soul restoration. This led me to seek spiritual direction, to discover a renewed calling, and ultimately to become a spiritual director.

I have a passion to walk with others on their journey of soul restoration, to strengthen and encourage pastors and ministry leaders, and disciples of any kind, to help them grow in relationship with the living God. Through the years I have walked closely with spouses struggling in their marriages, those suffering from serious mental health problems, those in times of doubt and deconstruction. I seek to embody God’s patience, care, and compassion, wherever someone is on their journey. I 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 Masters of Divinity from Bethany Theological Seminary, graduated from both the SoulFormation Academy of Spiritual Direction and Formation, and the SoulFormation School of Spiritual Direction. I was trained in Ignatian spirituality through SoulFormation, have led more than 30 people through the Ignatian Exercises, and now, In collaboration with Bill Zuleke of SoulFormation, I train others to offer the Ignatian Exercises as well.

My wife Debbie and I have been married for more than 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...

Men

Women

Pastors

Leaders

Missionaries

Asian American

Anyone seeking God

Expertise in...

Prayer

Ignatian Exercises

Spiritual Exercises

Mental Health

Trauma

Discernment

Contemplative

Third-Culture

Desire for God

Grief

Midlife Crisis

Burn-out

Discipleship

Enneagram

Bi-vocational

Disorientation

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.

Dayspring Goforth

La Mirada, CA, United States

I was trained as a spiritual director at Talbot School of Theology where I received my MA in Spiritual Formation and...

About Me

I was trained as a spiritual director at Talbot School of Theology where I received my MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. I find it such a joy to sit with my fellow sojourners and watch God’s work unfold in their lives as we explore together the height, the depth, and the breadth of God’s love. I have been married for eleven years and have enjoyed the slow process of growing up with my husband. I offer in-person spiritual direction in the La Mirada area and remote direction via Zoom.

Contact

Phone: 719-310-6318

Email:

Prefer Contact By: Email, text

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

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

Michael Golden

Bend, OR, United States

I live in the Central Oregon High Desert and serve as pastor of a church my wife and I planted over...

About Me

I live in the Central Oregon High Desert and serve as pastor of a church my wife and I planted over 18 years ago. I sensed God’s calling into the ministry of Spiritual Direction during my doctoral studies (Leadership and Spiritual Formation) at Portland Seminary. After graduation, I completed the Spiritual Direction Certification Program at Portland Seminary.

My calling as a spiritual director is to assist others in discerning God's movements in their lives and provide them space to construct their own framework. Often, it is within our life transitions where God works in our formation. While not uncommon, I have experienced many challenging transitions in my own life (personally, vocationally, theologically, spiritually) that taught me to patiently listen for God’s leading.

As one who has been in pastoral ministry for over 20 years, I understand the challenges pastors can encounter in their own private, spiritual formation. Prior to pastoral ministry, I served in various ministries within the context of local churches, and encountered the typical issues that lay ministry presents.

I continue to study as I have a profound interest in different streams of spiritual theology, and how that understanding is applied into our lives.

Contact

Email:

Prefer Contact By: email

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Specialties

Works with...

Pastors and church leaders. lay ministers

disabled persons

military

recovery.

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

Marianne Gordon

Lancaster, PA, United States

I grew up in an evangelical Christian culture and believed in Jesus from a young age. Despite my beliefs, intent, and...

About Me

I grew up in an evangelical Christian culture and believed in Jesus from a young age. Despite my beliefs, intent, and efforts, as an adult I found myself broken, despairing, and longing for a deeply satisfying love relationship with God. With the help of a spiritual director and through practicing Centering Prayer, I embarked on a journey of learning to let go of self-effort and to trust the presence of Christ within. I experienced the grace of emerging hope and love in my relationship with the Lord.

I also wrestled with the pull of progressive theology. I feel thankful to have found a transforming, more integrated evangelical walk of faith in Jesus Christ which grounds my life and perspective as a Spiritual Director.

I have been providing Spiritual Direction since 2007. I also direct the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and facilitate workshops on Centering Prayer.

I previously worked as a public health nutritionist, including 3 years in Thailand with Food for the Hungry. I have also visited prisoners as a lay chaplain for many years, and I hold a special place in my heart for those who have been incarcerated.

I invite you to reach out to me if you:
• Desire to deepen your sense of intimacy with God.
• Experience a sense of absence or pain in your relationship with God.
• Feel as if your faith has been deconstructing, and you desire a more authentic return to the One who is the Bread of Life.

Contact

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

seekers

missionaries

Expertise in...

Centering Prayer

Lectio Divina

Dark Night

Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

Reconstucting Faith

Bevin Gracy

Chattanooga, TN, United States

As a spiritual director, the most important relationship in our life is the one we have with the triune God. Sometimes...

About Me

As a spiritual director, the most important relationship in our life is the one we have with the triune God. Sometimes, we are deeply aware of God’s presence in our lives, intimately connected. Other times, we may find ourselves feeling uncertain, disconnected, or unaware of our relationship in day-to-day life. Do you feel stuck in your relationship with God? Do find yourself knowing things about God, but have trouble believing or feeling them to be true? Do you long to experience even more of God in your daily life, to have a conversational, close relationship with God? Spiritual direction can be a place to explore these questions with God.

My heart deeply longs for people to be heard and understood, to be known. At its core, spiritual direction is a listening relationship. I will listen attentively to you, and together, we will be seeking to listen to God, the true Director. My hope is that through this kind of listening relationship, you will experience deeper intimacy with God with all of your being: heart, mind, soul, and strength.

I am a trained spiritual director with a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction, along with a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling, from Richmont Graduate University. Spiritual direction is a unique and sacred relationship. What do you hear? If God is calling you into a deeper intimacy with the God-with-us, I would be honored to walk alongside and listen with you.

Contact

Website: www.christiancounselorcooperative.com

Email:

Available For

In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: NO

Retreat Leading: NO

Languages Spoken

English

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 old Chihuahua dog Gomez. I was blessed to be the founding director of ESDA for its first 5 years, altogether I worked for Grafted Life about 9 years.

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 33 years and have 2 adult children and a 150 pound Bullmastiff, named Bentley.

Contact

Phone: 714-458-5595

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 of all ages and stages in life

church leaders

missionaries

Expertise in...

Myers Briggs

Enneagram

Contemplative Spirituality and practices

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

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In-person Direction: YES

Tele-Direction: YES

Group Direction: YES

Retreat Leading: YES

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English

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Individual and group spiritual direction

Spiritual direction supervision

retreat leader and facilitator

lay minister for spiritual formation

contemplative prayer retreat leader. life-map journalling

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Lectio Divina

connecting with God through life mapping and journaling

listening with the ear of the heart

Matthew Green

Hamilton, ON, Canada

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

Psychology

Dry Humor

Jamie Greene

Seattle, WA, United States

No matter the context or role, I always find myself accompanying others toward threshold moments. For the past 30+ years as...

About Me

No matter the context or role, I always find myself accompanying others toward threshold moments. For the past 30+ years as a salesrep, minister and now a spiritual director, I have enjoyed offering spiritual accompaniment as it feels like being a walking companion on the biblical road of faith ("Road to Emmaus" - Luke 24:13-32).

In midlife, I updated my seminary education, earning a Doctor of Ministry degree. My dissertation focus was Christian spiritual formation, resulting in a published book, entitled, “Luke-Acts Improv: Biblical Narratives That Get You into The Act”. See https://jamiegreene-seattle.com/writing/

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

In recent years, I have been informally mentored in the practice of spiritual direction by a Jesuit priest, 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 have also been trained to lead others through the 19th Annotation Ignatian Exercises offered by Soul Formation with Bill Zuelke and Dale Gish.

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: 206 480 6342

Website: www.lukeactsimprov.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...

Pastors

Business professionals

Church and ministry leaders

Seminary and education leaders

Young adults

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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