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- Lay
Texas
Frisco
TX
A contemplative by nature, I seek stillness with God above all. A native of Montana, I was baptized and raised in the Methodist tradition. From my earliest childhood, I have yearned for a life of solitude and prayer. Seeking God's face is an adventure and along the way, I learned much from early Christian prayer practices, the Desert Fathers, St Benedict, the Carmelites, Ignatius, and many other heroes of the faith.
I founded and facilitated corporate support groups for anyone touched by cancer based on the Circles of Trust methodology by Parker Palmer. A year later I was asked to begin another group for caregivers of dementia patients.
Small group or one-on-one spiritual direction and silent retreats are my choices.
I hold a BA in Humanities and have certificates in the Art of Leadership in Ministry, the Art of Spiritual Direction, and as a Grief Support Companion and Facilitator. I have also completed Circles of Trust Facilitator Training through The Center for Renewal..
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Clergy
Florida
New Smyrna Beach
FL
As a spiritual director, I offer sacred space for holy listening where both you and I listen to God together. If you are in a season of spiritual questions, discerning God's direction for your life, needing spiritual healing and care, or desiring a deeper connection to the Spirit, I would love to talk with you about scheduling a holy listening session.
Needing someone to listen? I’ll hold sacred space for you to ask those big God questions, share what’s going on with you spiritually, or explore where you are being led.
Needing direction for more than just you? I’ll walk alongside your ministry, team, organization, or congregation and help you discover your shared identity, gifts, and calling.
Needing to get away and connect with God? I’ll facilitate a spiritual retreat at your church, campground, or even online to help you or your group find rest in solitude and prayer.
Peace and grace on your journey, friends. We are in this together.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Clergy
Florida
Tarpon Springs
FL
Spiritual Director focused on short term relationships occasioned by challenges of context and calling. Skilled in group spiritual direction and challenges facing staff or leadership groups facing cultural change. Background includes, local church pastor, crisis chaplaincy, spiritual formation leadership, retreat leadership and one on one spiritual companionship.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Lay
NCCUMC
Durham
NC
I have been a Certified Lay Minister for ten years and a spiritual director since 2015. I welcome the opportunity to companion people who wish to explore their relationship with God, and the consequences of that relationship in their everyday life. Questions are part of a deep and healthy faith and are encouraged along the way.
I enjoy offering retreats on prayer, meditation, spiritual practices and other topics.
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
Susquehanna and Florida
Ocala
FL
Laura Baber has over 20 years experience as a spiritual director and retreat leader.
She is active with the Center for Spiritual Formation (centerformation.org) where she was trained. Laura leads a variety of spiritual formation groups including: A contemplative artistic group called Create!, a spiritual formation gathering for those ministering cross culturally, and peer supervision experiences. Laura is the author of Rhythms of Restoration: Practicing Grief on the Path of Grace, Seedbed Publishing. She currently lives in Ocala, Florida.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Clergy
Missouri
Pensacola
FL
I believe that grace is for all people, and that Spirit's desire is to breathe healing and transformative grace throughout the universe. In my practice as a spiritual director and retreat leader, I am honored to hold sacred space so that others may experience Spirit and tap into the wisdom that waits to be discovered. I am especially drawn to spiritual formation practices (lectio divina, contemplative prayer, etc.)
I have advanced training and practice in The Circle Way, Non-Violent Communication, Open Space Technology, Bridge Builders, and World Cafe. I received my Spiritual Direction Certification from Benet Hill's Benedictine Spiritual Direction Program.
I pray that you, even now, experience the deep love that God has for you. Take a moment to breathe slowly and deeply...receive grace.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Clergy
Virginia
Lorton
VA
Ordained Elder in the UMC, Virginia Conference
wife, mother, sister, daughter,
hiker, cyclist, reader, knitter, scrapbooker
Christian clown, drama, retreat leader, labyrinth facilitator
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
yadkin valley district
Clemmons
NC
As a spiritual director, I work with those who long for a deeper relationship with God or who are seeking purpose in life. As a group spiritual director, I offer guidance for groups of 6 or less who desire a place to share and be held in a confidential environment, recognizing the presence and guidance of God.
My specific areas of focus for retreat leadership are a variety of spiritual disciplines including Lectio Divina & spiritual discernment.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
yadkin valley district
Clemmons
NC
As a spiritual director, I work with those who long for a deeper relationship with God or who are seeking purpose in life. As a group spiritual director, I offer guidance for groups of 6 or less who desire a place to share and be held in a confidential environment, recognizing the presence and guidance of God.
My specific areas of focus for retreat leadership are a variety of spiritual disciplines including Lectio Divina & spiritual discernment.
- Spiritual Director
- Lay
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
Donna Berry has 9 years experience as a spiritual director and 6 years experience with being a trained/credentialed coach. She works with people in ministry: elders, certified lay ministers, and licensed local pastors. Complete confidentiality is always observed. The first session is always free because it is a time for finding out compatibility and for the client to learn about what is possible in the interaction.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Clergy
New Mexico AC
Raton
NM
I work with classical models and creative approaches including lectio divina, visio divina, contemplative photography, fiber arts, Ignatian methods, journaling and adapting methods.
I have worked with group spiritual direction, situations of conflict, trauma, and natural disasters.
I can meet in person, via phone or GoogleMeet.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Clergy
Texas
NW Houston area
TX
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- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
Susquehanna
Altoona
PA
Rev. Dr. Michelle Bodle is an ordained elder in the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church. Pastor Michelle graduated from Drew in 2011 with a Master of Divinity Degree and received certification in Spiritual Formation from Drew and the General Board of Higher Education in Ministry in 2013. She also attended a two-year course in spiritual direction offered through the Center for Spiritual Formation. In 2022, Michelle graduated from Wesley Theological Seminary with a DMin in Church Leadership where here project paper focused on the use of group spiritual direction in the renewal of young clergy women. She is currently a student at Fordham University in the supervision of spiritual directors.
Michelle has served as a pastor since 2010 and as a spiritual director since 2013.
Find out more at www.abideinthespirit.com
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
Susquehanna
Philipsburg
PA
Rev. Michelle Bodle is an ordained elder in the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church. Pastor Michelle graduated from Drew in 2011 with a Masters of Divinity Degree and received certification in Spiritual Formation from Drew and the General Board of Higher Education in Ministry in 2013. She also attended a two-year course in spiritual direction offered through the Center for Spiritual Formation.
Michelle has served as a pastor since 2010 and as a spiritual director since 2013.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Lay
Texas Annual Conference
Houston
TX
I offer spiritual direction in person and by phone/Skype. I have particular interest in dreamwork as a spiritual practice. I offer contemplative retreats and retreats/workshops on dreams and dreamwork.
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
Missouri Annual Conference
Kansas City
MO
I am an active Ordained Deacon and serve as Associate Director of the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center in Pittsburg MO. It is a part time appointment. I live in Kansas City MO when I am not at the Retreat Center, having retired from teaching criminal justice for 34 years at the University of Missouri. I primarily do individual spiritual direction although small group retreats are possible. I was trained by the Benedictine Sisters in Atchison, KS, graduating in 2014 from the 3 year Souljourners program with a certificate in Spiritual Direction.
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
North Alabama
Birmingham
AL
I am a retired United Methodist pastor, having served churches in the North Alabama Conference. I received my certification in spiritual direction in 2017 from Perkins School of Theology. So far, I have done spiritual direction only, but interested in branching out to retreats. I have experience in Women's Ministry, Spiritual Formation, and Older Adult Ministry.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Clergy
Virginia
Watsonville
CA
Receiving my work, one will discover unconditional positive regard, acceptance and creativity. I offer a gentle, authentic and supportive presence of welcome, hospitality and grace to anyone along their path. I embrace a spiritual direction practice of silence, contemplative listening, prayer and discernment. My wife is a licensed professional therapist, yoga nidra instructor, creative writer and published poet. Together we offer leadership in collaborative retreats. I am a trusted with support toward clergy and laity in local churches. Retired from parish ministry, I have much experience dealing with matters related to self-esteem, illness and death, complex systems and dysfunctional issues.
Academic credentials include: Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from the University of Redlands, San Francisco Theological Seminary, M. Ed., University of Lynchburg, CPE Clinical Residency, University of Virginia, M. Div., Wesley Theological Seminary.
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
Arkansas
Little Rock
AR
Rev. Mary Jane Cole earned her M.Div. from Memphis Theological Seminary and is ordained into the Order of Deacon in the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church. Her educational background includes degrees in psychology and rehabilitation counseling. She has served as a hospital chaplain and as associate pastor of First United Methodist Church Little Rock, Arkansas. She received a certification in Spiritual Direction from SMU Perkins School of Theology and currently maintains a private practice of spiritual direction and a secondary appointment as a Deacon to First United Methodist Little Rock. She is endorsed in Spiritual Direction by the United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Endorsing Agency.
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
Louisiana
New Orleans
LA
I have been a minister in the United Methodist Church since 2020 and have always had a deep appreciation for Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Formation. I began my personal journey with spiritual direction in 1988. Journeying with others towards healing and wholeness is an honor. I also work with teams, staff, and church leaders in creating a space for spiritual formation within the group setting.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Lay
North Carolina Conference
Cary
NC
Claire is a Spiritual Companion/Director and retreat leader who believes that in order to grow closer to God, we must first accept God's love for us as individuals and then we must grow closer to one another. As a trained Qualified Administrator of the IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory), Claire can provide spiritual care for those seeking cultural humility and also specializes in serving as a spiritual companion with those in the LGBTQIA+ community and with their loved ones.
Claire offers spiritual care to anyone who desires a deeper relationship with God, those in discernment of next steps in their faith journey, people who have been marginalized and those discerning a call to ministry.
- Spiritual Director
- Retreat Leader
- Lay
Northwest
Seattle
WA
As a certified spiritual director, I focus my attention on your spiritual experience and
points of self-discovery, and to explore with you God's movement in your life. Spiritual direction is a conversation of the heart directed by the Spirit of God. It uses all our human faculties (intuition, emotions, imagination, senses and intellect) to discern God's presence and purpose for you as you understand it. Whether you are moving through life transitions, noticing shifts in your faith experience, wanting to open and explore new awakenings, calling, or paths of prayer, it's my deep honor and commitment to listen to and walk with you through the landscapes of the soul.
My certification is through the Southwest Network of Christian Formation and Direction Ministries (CFDM). I am experienced in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius both in one-on-one conversations, or in small group engagement.
- Spiritual Director
Texas Annual Conference
College Station
TX
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
North Carolina
Greenville
NC
Joyce is a graduate of the North Carolina Institute of Spiritual Direction and Formation and of the End-of-Life Doula Certificate program of the University of Vermont. She also completed the certification program for Spiritual Formation with The United Methodist Church through Garrett Theological Seminary. She has her MDiv degree from Duke Divinity School and her MA in Counseling from West Virginia University. She is an ordained deacon in The UMC and has served in the areas of spiritual formation and pastoral care. She believes that the purpose of spiritual direction is to walk with those who seek to discover and understand their place in this world, especially in regards to their relationship with God and God’s purposes, and to be a conduit of the Holy Spirit as She (the Spirit) offers guidance and support to the seeker. Joyce has experience working with those in the LGBTQ+ community. Her understanding of God is summed up in two words: Love and Life.
- Spiritual Director
- Clergy
Pacific Northwest Annual Conference
Odessa
WA
Rev. Ella H. DeDeaux an ordained elder in full connection in the Mississippi Conference. She graduated from Emory University Candler School of Theology in 2013 with a Masters of Divinity (MDiv) Degree. She attended a two-year course, Journey Partners, in spiritual direction. Upon completion of Journey Partners, she was selected to facilitate a small group and be on the team for the next two-year. She attended Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary for a certification in Spiritual Formation.
She has a Masters of Education (MEd) and after teaching for 29 years, retired in 2008.
She served as mentor to those seeking spiritual discernment in the Mississippi Annual Conference. She taught Spiritual Formation through the Center for Ministry in the Mississippi Conference.
She serves on several boards and committees in her local community.
She currently serves as Presiding Pastor in the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference.