During the middle of a transformational time in my life…I discovered the healing reality of God’s love as I discovered truth – truth about God and about myself. Christ has become my recovery, and relationships have become a source of life.

As a ministering person it is imperative that I step aside to notice and reflect on how I am with God, what I am experiencing in ministry, and where God is at work. Jean, and these ministry colleagues, facilitate and provide me the space to do this in the midst of the demands of work. I am more grounded in myself and God as a result.

My spiritual direction experience resembles the story of Lazarus recorded in John 11. In the presence of my director, God’s tender murmurings crescendoed into a clearly expressed ‘Come out!’ and with a confident gentleness, she removed the grave clothes that had held me back from living the life I’ve been created to live.

Listening Prayer has become a sacred and safe place that provides the opportunity for me to hear the spoken Word of God in a new way through silence, prayer, and worship. In this space, through the Holy Spirit and the stories of others sharing in this experience, I am learning to quiet my mind and to listen carefully with my heart for the voice of Jesus Christ.