Retreats

Something I love as much as spiritual direction is facilitating retreats (half-day, full-day or weekend)! I have a special focus on facilitating sacred experience with nature, art, and contemplative practices. I focus on ways of embodying our faith by integrating our heads, heart and bodies: including understanding our bodies as sacred, creating art as image-bearers of the Creator, and seeing the interconnection between the Divine, humans and nature. I’m also a Bible scholar and love to ground practices in Scripture study whenever appropriate. I’ve had experiences leading retreats around such themes as: Sabbath Rest, mystics and mysticism, contemplative practices, liturgical seasons of Advent and Lent, New Year’s Rule of Life, Sacred Creativity, and finding the sacred in Nature.

Stand-alone Contemplative Sessions

I’m also passionate about facilitating stand-alone sessions at church retreats or services, adult faith formation classes, or small groups. Again, my specialties are contemplative practices, artistic expression and sacred experiences with nature. I’ve spent the last few years leading monthly sessions called “Embodied Church” that explore the ways we encounter God in prayer in even the most mundane life experiences. Some examples have included: Eating as Prayer, Encountering God in Trees, God’s Gift of Dirt, Poetry Prayer, Sacred Collage, Sacred Salmon Run, etc…