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I served as the pastor of the Canby Alliance Church for almost 38 years. I have been married to Heather for 45 years, we have two children and one grandson. I recently retired and as I head into this next season of life, I desire to grow my spiritual direction practice.

Over the course of my years as a Christ-follower, I greatly benefited from spiritual direction from a variety of traditions – Benedictine, Franciscan, Jesuit, and Protestant as well as receiving direction from both men and women.

I love this quote from Frederick Buechner which informs how I approach spiritual direction, “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis, all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”

I love to sit with people and help them to "listen to their lives" and discover how God is present and at work "in the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness." I offer my direction in dependence upon the Holy Spirit for discernment. I pray, I listen, and I ask questions in this sacred conversation.

Credentials:

SoulFormation's School of Spiritual Direction, Pastor of the Canby Alliance Church for 38 years; Doctor of Ministry Degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Visionary Leadership and Preaching; taught at Asbury Theological Seminary, Canby Bible College, Portland Seminary, and Reach Training Institute; served on boards within the Christian & Ministry Alliance and non-profits such as Sondance and SoulFormation.

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My deep desire is that all people everywhere would know they are beloved. My life-long work has been inviting youth, co-workers and neighbors to consider what brews deeply within. I've often discovered my desire for adventure, love and joy were God's active presence. I am married and have three young adult children. I enjoy fresh roasted coffee, walking, hiking and an assortment of music. When I was younger I played tennis, flag football or a pick-up game of soccer. I am older now so you'll more often find me walking my dog. For many years I found myself alone while trying to discern what God was up to in my soul and how he was calling me to live out my life. Spiritual companionship through spiritual direction has become a space where I receive grace upon grace as another listens, affirms and sometimes speaks a few words to me. As a spiritual director myself I have also begun to experience the joy of companioning with others. - Shalom

Craig is a Spiritual Director currently in training through SoulFormation. Directors in training are open to providing 9 pro bono spiritual direction sessions between February and October 2024 to students/staff/faculty at SPU. These sessions will occur 1x per month and will last approximately 1 hour.

Available to meet: Over Zoom

*This person has already filled all of their pro-bono openings, but you can still inquire about their other openings and rates.

God has cultivated my love for walking alongside others through decades of ministry, vocational work, and schooling. This includes pastoring college students in Seattle and Tacoma Washington; directing a youth mentoring program in South Seattle; working with and for Native American tribes in Alaska; graduating from Seattle Pacific University and attending Regent College in Vancouver, BC; and now training through Soul Formation in Portland, Oregon.

As a spiritual director, I help you slow down long enough to turn your searching for peace inward to the place where the Holy Trinity dwells. The purpose of sitting with one another is to gather around the table God has set for you so you can begin to taste and see His goodness in the ways your soul is crying out to be loved. It is a slow journey that will ask you to stop at all the stops, and to be bold in the listening, courageous in the playing, and to trust in the mystery and not only the certainties of the Triune God. Here the Lord will welcome you, and I will become your companion who bears witness to all that’s awaiting you.

To learn more about me and my practice visit my website at www.kellimariejensen.com

Kelli is a Spiritual Director currently in training through SoulFormation. Directors in training are open to providing 9 pro bono spiritual direction sessions between February and October 2024 to students/staff/faculty at SPU. These sessions will occur 1x per month and will last approximately 1 hour.

Available to meet in person at my Spiritual Direction office in Lake Forest Park, over Zoom, or phone.

Hi, I’m Mike.
I’m a husband, father of two and spiritual director that has been pastoring in the greater Seattle area for the last ten years. I have over 20 years of ministry experience and am ordained with The Christian and Missionary Alliance. I have completed The Academy of Spiritual Formation and am certified by The School of Spiritual Direction through SoulFormation.

Having walked through seasons of significant loss, depression and burnout in my role as a lead pastor, I've come to understand the importance of having a soul friend that can walk alongside us to help us make sense of our faith journey.

Regardless of what season of life you find yourself in, Spiritual Direction is a powerful ministry that helps individuals take a deeper dive in their walk by listening for the voice of God, together.

If you are interested in taking the next step, I would be honored to join you in your journey as we listen for the voice of The Holy Spirit together.

Available to meet: Over Zoom

Born on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, I’ve walked with Jesus as long as I can remember and consider myself a global citizen who has also experienced living in Asian and African cultures as an adult. For much of my adult life I have felt drawn to listen to the voice of Jesus better. My greatest joy is walking with Him and learning and experiencing the deep love of the Father and the joyful ministry of the Holy Spirit. My heart’s desire is to share this walk with people who want a deeper relationship with Jesus.

As a Spiritual Director, my joy is to prayerfully listen and help them discern the Spirit's voice more clearly. Adapting to an autoimmune disease for more than 38 years has somehow reined me in and opened my heart to the Spirit’s guidance.

Wherever we’ve lived, my passion has been to have an open home and heart to those who work cross-culturally and to people in ministry, providing soul care or a place of rest and community. Living in Seattle the past 10 years, I’ve grown in helping others learn to better hear Jesus’ voice. My desire is to provide a safe and sacred space for spiritual conversations. Married, our three adult children have all “flown the nest”. I received my training as a Spiritual Director through SoulFormation’s School of Spiritual Direction and previously completed the Living From the Heart course in British Columbia, Canada.

Available to meet: Over Zoom

*This person has already filled all of their pro-bono openings, but you can still inquire about their other openings and rates.

My desire is to journey alongside leaders (by vocation or influence) who desire to be known and affirmed by God, to experience a more expansive and liberated spirituality, and to become a more fully embodied and integrated human. I find great joy in curating spaces for individuals to experience God in new ways and to be sustained in their calling, vocation, and humanity. Based on my own life experiences, I feel especially compelled to walk with those who wrestle with God while honoring and holding space for individuals’ experiences of doubt, pain, and suffering.

I am the Co-Director of the Anchorage Urban Training Collaborative, providing leaders in helping professions with soul care, burnout prevention, and other tools for vocational sustainability; the Anchorage Hub Director for Street Psalm's Urban Training Collaborative and an ordained member of the Street Psalms Order; a Mission Network Developer with Resonate Global Mission; and have 20 years of blended experience in church ministry and leadership, missions, social justice and advocacy, and pastoral care. I have a Masters in Global Urban Leadership.

Jessicai s a Spiritual Director currently in training through SoulFormation. Directors in training are open to providing 9 pro bono spiritual direction sessions between February and October 2024 to students/staff/faculty at SPU. These sessions will occur 1x per month and will last approximately 1 hour.

Available to meet: Over Zoom

I am currently serving Jesus vocationally in the local church of Eagle River, Alaska. I have been been a follower of Jesus, seriously since college, and have been in vocational ministry for 12 years. But the most profound experience of my walk with God has come through the community of SoulFormation, which was initiated in November, 2013. Since that first retreat, the contemplative life, spiritual formation, and soul care has been an integral aspect of my relationship with Jesus and my calling. I have a heart for the local church and a desire to witness the grace and peace of God become unfolded in the lives of His beloved children.

My passion and practice for spiritual direction is threefold:

1) Conversations that cut through the facades and barriers that people create and use to keep God and others at arms length.

2) To sojourn with people into the sacred spaces of their soul and story.

3) Listen to the ways God's grace and mercy is transforming His beloved into the image of Christ.

My primary practice is focused on group spiritual direction in the context of the local church, but I have space for individual spiritual direction. Because of my locale, these conversations will most likely take place virtually.

Available to meet: Over Zoom

For much of my adult life, I have felt drawn to sacred listening. Simply offering loving listening can be healing, but listening to God with another, and co-discerning a whole-heart response to that message from the One who loves us perfectly is transformational. After about 20 years of being under spiritual direction and practicing an informal ministry of listening and encouraging with many people, I participated in a 9-month “retreat” for engaging with the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and completed a spiritual direction training program with SoulFormation. My approach is to use a time-honored framework and adapt to fit each individual and the current needs in his or her path. God always meets us where we are! My goal is to walk alongside you for a season in your spiritual journey, helping you become more aware of what God is saying and doing in your life—how the Holy Spirit is seeking to reveal Jesus through the everyday experiences of your life—and how you can best engage with God’s invitations.

Sam Rima

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My background is in the church and academia, where I have served in a variety of roles for 35 years. My personal spiritual perspective is what I would call contemplative evangelical and I tend to be moderately progressive, though firmly orthodox. I have been ordained in the Evangelical Free Church of America and hold a Doctor of Ministry in leadership and a Ph.D. in socioeconomics (Spiritual Capital Theory). I have written or contributed to five books. I have taught and coached many leaders in my various roles and now feel called to embrace the vocation of spiritual direction on a more full time basis. I have completed three years of training as a spiritual director and been under supervision.

My view of spiritual direction can be summarized by Frank J. Houdek in his book, "Guided by the Spirit."

Spiritual direction is a conversation, a dialogue, between two people. In such a conversation one person aides another, often by a process of question and answer, to express his or her experience of personal faith and mystery.

My goal in direction, through this spiritual conversation, is to assist my directees in discerning how God is presently at work in their lives, so that they might more consciously and continually experience His presence in their lives.

Available to meet: Over Zoom

*This person has already filled all of their pro-bono openings, but you can still inquire about their other openings and rates.

I am a Spiritual Director or Soul Friend (Anam Cara). My passion is providing space for people to Rest or be Rooted in love, Reflect on the movements of God in their life, and be Restored to their authentic self.

Before I became a Spiritual Director, I spent 20 plus years walking alongside youth who are homeless through a non-profit I founded and directed in Spokane, WA. I have over 20 years of experience in leadership, team development, and working in social services/ministry. My education includes a Doctor of Ministry in Transformational Leadership, Certificate in Spiritual Direction, trained to give the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises, Certificate as an End-of-Life Doula, and Certificate in Mindfulness.

On a personal note, Spiritual Direction has helped me pay attention to the movements of God in my life. It has also helped me live into the freedom of who God made me to be. I enjoy providing the space necessary for others to reflect on God’s movement in their life.