How is Spiritual Direction different from other modes of helping?

Spiritual Direction is not Therapy, Counseling, Mentoring, Coaching, or Discipleship. Your Spiritual Director is trained* in a way of being present to you and to the Holy Spirit that is unhurried, attentive and restful. We call it “contemplative.” You might notice differences such as no homework, nor even “counsel,” per se. My goal is not to “fix” you or “correct” you, and it is certainly not to make you look like me! Rather, my goal is to help you grow increasingly aware of how the Holy Spirit is at work in you and then support you as you take courageous steps toward fully surrendering your heart to him, cooperating with the goal of God the Father as he conforms you into the image of Jesus!

*Click here for more information on the Selah training program in Spiritual Direction and the organization with which I am associated. I offer Spiritual Direction under their supervision while I participate in their training program.

Is there a fee for Spiritual Direction?

Different Spiritual Directors handle this question in different ways. During the two years while I am in training, my services will be FREE, albeit limited to a very few directees. Following the completion of my training, there may be a suggested fee, but Spiritual Direction is a ministry, and as such, it will always be a gift I seek to offer, so allow your sense of the freedom you have in the Holy Spirit to be your guide!