USA

After nearly 30 years as a congregational pastor, Judith’s calling now is to come alongside pastors and ministry leaders to help them thrive in ministry. Too often in ministry we care for everyone else’s soul and neglect our own. Judith has been a spiritual director with certification for 20 years. As a member of ESDA, she also has training in Ignatian spirituality, Enneagram, MBTI, and prayer. She loves helping ministry folks hear again Jesus’ words, “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” Judith meets with people in-person, Zoom, FaceTime or Skype.

With over 30 years of pastoral ministry, Tim finds deep joy in soul companioning people to experience and trust in the slow work of God in their lives. To pay attention to the ways in which they are experiencing being God’s beloved. He loves creating space for people to pay attention to the whispers and work of the Spirit. Tim loves leading retreats, working with teams as well as helping people find and live in their truest selves. Tim is a trained Spiritual Director, Certified Enneagram Trainer through Jerry Wagner and IMOS-integrating Ignatian practice with the Enneagram through Claire Loughridge and certified Enneagram Coach. Tim received his two-year certificate in spiritual direction from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction. He currently trains new Spiritual Directors through SF and also has led the School of Contemplative Life. He loves and delights in his wife Christy, and his daughters Briana and Alyssa. He specializes in Soul Care and formation, Spiritual Rhythms, Spiritual Direction, Discernment, Enneagram Coaching, and Encouraging younger pastors and leaders.

Mary Lynn’s life has been enriched by receiving Spiritual Direction and being a spiritual companion (director) to others on their personal journey. This simple practice of making space for God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) to be present in our everyday lives, to listen and co-discern where He is moving or inviting us to grow is truly sacred ground. Mary Lynn received a two-year certificate of Spiritual Direction from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction, and her passion is to see others experience God in practical ways in daily circumstances and all seasons of life. She also enjoys a simpler lifestyle, friends and family (especially as mom and nana), reading, swimming, learning to play the piano, and getting lost in music. Mary Lynn meets with people in-person, Zoom, or telephone.

Jim worked with Wycliffe Bible Translators as a translator and administrator for 33 years before focusing his time on spiritual direction. After seeing a spiritual director regularly, he began experiencing a deepening sense of God’s loving presence in times of sitting alone with God in silence. In time began getting feedback from those around him that this experience of Love was beginning to impact his relationships, especially those nearest to him. Jim is especially interested in listening to the stories of those who are beginning to get in touch with their desire to know God’s Love. He believes that the Spirit is working in all of us to experience this “knowing beyond knowledge” and that spiritual direction can facilitate this awakening. Jim received his two-year certificate in spiritual direction from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction, and is available for direction in-person or online.

Laurie’s life’s passion…Christian spiritual growth in a context of a down-to-earth conversation and listening which is grounded in the Bible and in the realities of life as it is. She loves to listen, accompanying others as they explore the possibility of God’s present work in their lives. Laurie has a certificate in Spiritual Formation with Ruth Haley Barton and received her two-year certificate in spiritual direction from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction. A trained director in The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius, Laurie is available for direction via in-person or Skype.

Lesa loves to support others who desire a more intimate relationship with God in the context of their everyday lives. It is a great privilege for her to listen attentively to individuals who are looking for the way forward on their spiritual path, and to help them become more aware of Christ’s loving invitations, especially as grounded in scripture. Lesa worked on the staff of a church for twenty years and understands the need of church staff and other caregivers to have a safe person with which to process their own lives without judgment. She received her two-year certificate in spiritual direction from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction, is a member of ESDA, and is available for direction via in-person, Face-Time, ZOOM or phone.

Jacqueline has served in ministry alongside her husband of 33 years, Tarrance C. Floyd-Pastor since 2002, while working in their family construction business for over 26 years. Jacqueline’s personal experience with a dark night of the soul sent her on a journey seeking more. She awakened to her need for a deeper relationship with Jesus through spiritual direction. Helping others to become more aware of God’s presence and action within through the ministry of companionship and listening is her joy and delight. She is welcoming, compassionate, and accountable. She offers a safe, quiet space, time, and active listening to those who need to be heard and are seeking deeper relationship with Jesus. Jacqueline is a teacher, retreat leader, conference speaker and trained spiritual director. She received her two-year certificate in spiritual direction from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction. Currently she is engaged in a third-year cohort of post graduate work in spiritual direction with Sustainable Faith. She is available in person at Whispering Meadows Retreat in Wichita, Kansas, online via Zoom, or by phone. For more detailed information about our service offerings please visit us at our website or check out Amazon to purchase your copy of her “Be Still”
guided spiritual journal.

Bill, a veteran of 42 years of pastoral ministry, has embraced his passion for ministry working alongside persons who seek through spiritual practices to open up to the God who has always been present in their lives. Bill integrates practices from his Native American and Celtic spiritual heritages to help seekers to slow down and attend to the slow work of God within them. Bill received his two-year certificate in spiritual direction from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction and is a trained director in The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius.

Sheri has accompanied people on the journey in life in the capacity of professional ministry for over forty years. Through her ministry and her own personal call and walk in life, she has come to “know” that it is in the “practicing” of God’s presence that transformation happens. Sheri’s offering of Spiritual Direction comes from a deep place of peace and inviting others into a safe space to discover for themselves their inner resources and the unique and unconditional love of God that will help them be free to fulfill a sense of meaning and purpose in their ordinary and everyday life. Sheri comes from a deep sense of valuing Celtic Spirituality and its’ invitation into the ordinary and sacred. She has completed the 2-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation, the 3-year Spiritual Direction Program at the Franciscan Spirituality Center in LaCrosse, WI. She is a trained director in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius and values the work of persons through the Enneagram and the Rhythm and Motions of the Soul. Sheri is available via in person, Face Time, and Zoom.

Maggie is a pastor and church planter who is learning to walk out trusting Jesus in all things. Her heart and desire is to help hold space for people so that they can experience the powerful presence of God and notice His movement in their life. Maggie received her two year certificate from Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction and is available to meet in-person, Zoom or Facetime