Be curious.
What is spiritual direction?
With one ear tuned to God and the other to you, spiritual direction is a time for deep conversation, listening, and prayer as we attend to the presence and activity of God in your life.
These meetings can be done in person or virtually, and each appointment usually lasts about one hour. We typically meet together once a month, but that can vary depending on your needs.
“Spiritual Direction is help given by one believer to another that enables the latter to pay attention to God’s personal communication to him or her, to respond to this personally communicating God, to grow in intimacy with this God, and to live out the consequences of the relationship.”
What do we talk about?
Spiritual Direction aims to bring all the areas of our lives before God, believing that God is present in every vocational question, relational struggle, emotional stirring, physical pain, and spiritual journey. Spiritual Direction gently draws our attention to God's loving presence as we invite the Holy Spirit to be our true Director.
Spiritual Direction is for everyone, no matter how far along they perceive themselves on their journey with God. We can all use another listening ear, a soul companion who listens with the intent of pointing out the signs of God on the horizon of our lives.
“God is the deepest dimension in all the areas of human life, and thus all areas are open to spiritual direction. The purpose of direction will be to sensitize people further to the presence and action of God in their lives, and to assist them to make a fuller and more appropriate response to it. The objectives are that simple: awareness, response.”
Our team.
LifePoint Resources is a community of people helping people on the transformational journey of being with Jesus and becoming people of love. We partner with independent spiritual directors who are committed to providing soul care for everyone within a supportive environment.
Our dedicated team of spiritual directors have all earned certificates through various spiritual direction training programs. Each director engages in ongoing supervision, continuing education, and community engagement for the dual purposes of support and growth.
While LifePoint Resources suggests a donation of $75-$115/session, each independent director on our soul care team exercises personal discretion in their direction practice, including how much they charge and how they receive payment. LifePoint Resources does not handle payments or receive a percentage of fees collected from our partner directors.
If you would like more information on spiritual direction, we’re happy to meet with you to discuss the details and help you consider next steps.
Schedule a Complimentary Discovery Call.
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As a spiritual director I resonate with the Benedictine principle of hospitality: “to welcome everyone as I would Christ.” I love to create spaces that are free of shame and open to possibility. My desire is to help you experience God as a real person who is secure, loving, and present; to help you discern God's invitations, corrections, and challenges; and to support you as you take the "leaps of faith" he may ask of you. Spiritual direction means having a hiking buddy on your journey with, and into, God.
I deeply value compassion, forgiveness, truth, and grace, and I deeply believe in God's real and physical interaction with the world through scripture, sacrament, and the church community.
I grew up in Colorado, am a father of five, a historical theology nerd, a ministry leadership veteran, a family trauma survivor, and a recovering anxiety addict. I welcome directees of all kinds and from all walks of life. I am a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors).
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Craig is passionate about creating spaces where people can connect—both with each other and with Jesus. This calling led him to serve in the local church, where for over 25 years, he dedicated himself to ministry as a full-time pastor. His role as an executive pastor allowed him to lead multiple departments, guide leaders through seasons of transition, and foster meaningful relationships within the community.
An ordained pastor and certified spiritual director, Craig now walks alongside individuals, leaders, churches, and organizations as a consultant and business professional. He completed his Spiritual Direction training through Sustainable Faith and is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors).
Craig’s heart is especially drawn to those navigating change, church trauma, and spiritual hurt. He believes in providing safe, compassionate spaces for healing and growth. As a visual artist, he also loves exploring creativity as a way to understand our identity in God and deepen our spiritual journey.
He resides in Kansas with his wife and two children, embracing the adventure of life with faith, curiosity, and a heart for others.
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David holds a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Sustainable Faith's School of Spiritual Direction and is an Elder at Wonderful Mercy church in Gilbert, Arizona, where he is part of the preaching rotation. After a long career training, facilitating, and coaching in the technology sector, David is now focused on spiritual formation and direction. He is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors) and the Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona. David and his wife of 40 years live in Chandler, Arizona. They have three grown children and two grandchildren.
David is called to help people know and experience the love of the Father and discern his presence and invitation in their lives. We often hide ourselves from ourselves and from God. Uncovering who we are created to be and our identities as beloved children, we are freed and empowered; the way to the Father's heart opens to us. David has taken that journey and is honored to be able to help others find their way.
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I am a spiritual director who finds deep joy in serving the Kingdom of God by sitting with others and helping them notice where God is present and at work in their lives. I received my training through Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction, where I was shaped in the practice of attentive listening, discernment, and spiritual companionship. I am also a husband and father, and I serve as a worship and discipleship pastor. I love reading and lifelong learning, and my educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership. I live in South Central Illinois, in a small-town, rural community where faith, relationships, and a slower pace of life shape my ministry and calling.
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Jane is a spiritual director who loves to listen and create space for people to be seen and heard; to sit with others in sadness or celebration; to witness God’s gentleness and compassion take someone by surprise! She considers it a privilege to share in someone’s journey as they experience healing and the return of joy, or to see someone’s calling clarified. Spiritual Direction helps create the rhythm and focus needed for a ‘pilgrim posture’ of slowing, expecting, noticing, and welcoming God in the midst of real-life busyness.
Her own experience of receiving spiritual direction has been life changing. She spent most of her career in academic medicine as a pediatrician serving and training medical students and residents in low-income neighborhoods and generational poverty. Receiving spiritual direction helped her realize that she was carrying chronic grief. Being able to process the grief, created the space she needed to reclaim the freedom and joy she experiences in living out her faith.
Jane is a life-long learner. She has an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, D. Min. from Gordon-Conwell, and her Spiritual Direction Certification is from the Fall Creek Abbey in Indianapolis. She currently lives in Arvada, Colorado, soaking up the sunshine and beauty of the mountains.
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As a spiritual director, I invite you into a sacred pause - a “water break" along the journey of life. A simple hour to slow down, listen, and gently reflect on your experience with God. In the midst of responsibilities, questions, transitions, and the noise of everyday life, spiritual direction can become a steady place to notice again the quiet presence of God.
Your story is uniquely your own, yet you are not alone. I believe God is lovingly present and at work in every season of life. Together, we listen for His movement, grow in awareness of His presence, and explore the invitations He may be extending to you.
I grew up in a faith-centered home and have spent much of my life in ministry, cross-cultural work, prayer, and caring for others. Seasons of burnout, grief, breast cancer, relocation, and loss eventually led me to spiritual direction myself—a tender gift that became a place of healing, grounding, and rest in God’s faithful love.
Now, it is a privilege to offer that same attentive and compassionate space to others as they navigate the joys, questions, losses, and transitions of life.
I am married to Greg Ruhland. We live in Parkville, MD with our four lovely children, Adelei, Bennett, Zeke and Eden. Together we make up “Team Ruhland.”
I have been offering Spiritual Direction, in person and online since 2022. I am currently a member of the CSDA.
Beyond spiritual direction I love lingering over a warm cup of coffee, enjoying music, wandering among trees and flowers and soaking in the beauty of nature. I also enjoy traveling, discovering new places and noticing the unexpected ways we are connected to people and places around the world.
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Kim’s passion is to create a safe sacred space for people to experience God. Her picture of spiritual direction is the word for compassion in the Hebrew, to be held in the womb of God.
Kim has a Master’s Degree with a specialization in Spiritual Transformation through the partnership between Northern Seminary and the Transforming Center. Her training in spiritual direction is through Sustainable Faith and as an Ignatian Retreat Director for the Spiritual Exercises. Kim also holds space as an iEnneagram Motions of the Soul practitioner. As a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, with an Eco-Ministry Certification, Kim guides people to Find the Sacred in Nature.
Kim is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors). You can learn more about Kim’s ministry at www.transformingexperiences.org.
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Ministry Assistant
Lynn is a prayerful follower of Jesus who has encountered the continued faithfulness of the LORD. She is passionate about discernment, listening, inner healing, family formation, and prayer. Her deepest callings are to come alongside others to encourage and create space to help them encounter the presence of God’s steadfast love and resurrection power.
Lynn has experience listening with those who are in global and church ministry, those who are single, married, and have families in all walks of life. She holds space well for those struggling with faith or deconstructing from wounds of past beliefs and systems. She also enjoys offering a quiet listening space for those who live with ADHD.
Lynn holds a Master’s degree in Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Spring Arbor University. She completed her Spiritual Direction training through Sustainable Faith in 2018 and is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors).
Over the last seven years, Lynn has served with Thrive Alongside, offering spiritual direction to women serving globally. She has been an integral part of the LifePoint team through thoughtful writings, simple practices, and encouraging intentional community.
Lynn lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with her husband Brian. They have four children and are currently navigating the season of transition as their older children are leaving home and setting off on new adventures. She loves being a mom and a soul friend to others.
Whether you are experiencing joy or going through a tough season of grief and struggle, Lynn would cherish the opportunity to provide a safe, listening space where you can process your walk with the Lord.
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melissa@lifepointresources.org
Melissa Sievers is a transformational coach and spiritual director dedicated to nurturing the care of souls. With a heart for the spiritually thoughtful, she creates safe spaces for others to experience slower rhythms and encounter the loving presence of the Trinity. She also loves guiding clients to discover their unique, God-given design, discern their next right steps, and live with clarity and confidence in their callings.
Passionate about helping individuals cultivate inner lives filled with peace, joy, and rest, Melissa finds deep fulfillment in companioning those seeking a more abundant life. Other key themes in her work include serving church and ministry leaders, supporting sabbaticals, pursuing discernment in vocational transitions, navigating burnout, and creating healthy life rhythms.
Melissa holds a degree in communications from Taylor University, a coaching certification from the Coaching Transformation Academy, and a certificate in spiritual direction from Denver Seminary. She has been coaching professionally since 2014, drawing on her 15 years of previous leadership experience in various para-church ministries. In 2020, she founded her own LLC, offering transformational coaching, sabbatical coaching, and spiritual direction. Additionally, Melissa partners with Soul Care as both a coach and spiritual director and is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered spiritual directors).
When she’s not coaching or serving as a “soul friend,” Melissa enjoys exploring the Colorado Rocky Mountains with her husband, seeking beauty and rest through outdoor adventures and international travel—often with a camera in hand. A lover of friendships and meaningful conversation, she never turns down a good cup of tea.
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mika.roland@thesacredcommonground.org
Mika is a certified spiritual director and hospice nurse who has spent decades companioning others through life's raw and sacred terrain. She has served in ministry both overseas and in the U.S., and her years of caring for the dying have shaped her vision for what it means to truly live.
Detours, heartbreak, and the surprising grace of God in unexpected places have marked her own story. She offers a non-judgmental and curious presence to those who feel displaced, disillusioned, or like they don’t fit — especially those carrying stories too complicated to share, even with God. Those who feel disappointed or angry with God are especially welcome.
Mika trusts sacred imagination, deep listening, and the slow wisdom of the Spirit. She walks with people through grief, burnout, spiritual transition, or the quiet unraveling of what once felt certain. She doesn’t offer advice or quick fixes but creates space for God's timing, mystery, healing, and awe.
You don’t have to be religious to be spiritual. You don’t need a polished story or clear answers. You just need a willingness to begin.
Mika holds a Master’s in Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Spring Arbor University, is a certified spiritual director through Portland Seminary, and is a board-certified hospice and palliative care nurse.
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After decades of fruitful ministry in the local church, Ruth received her certificate in Spiritual Direction from the C. John Weborg Center for Spiritual Direction at North Park Theological Seminary.
Ruth continues to be amazed at how God works in her life through receiving and providing Spiritual Direction. She especially loves working with young women. As a Third Culture Adult, Ruth has experience in understanding the dynamic of growing up in a different culture and then returning to her passport country. She has experienced infertility and pregnancy loss and sits with many women who have grieved their own losses.
As a Spiritual Director, Ruth offers a warm and inviting space for others to listen for God’s voice and feel His loving and transforming Presence. She provides Spiritual Direction in person, online, or a hybrid for those who want to meet in person and via Zoom.
Ruth is a Certified Enneagram Coach and uses the Enneagram as a tool for self-reflection in Spiritual Direction. She is also a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors).
Ruth is married to Dale. Together they have one son and daughter-in-love and 2 adorable granddaughters. Ruth lives in Colorado and enjoys running, biking, swimming, reading, baking, playing the piano and spending time with friends.
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Sandy harbors a profound passion for soul care, a privilege she has cherished for the past three decades as a psychotherapist. This journey has involved tending to those whose lives had been profoundly affected by trauma, relational betrayal, and emotional, physical, or sexual violence. It has also included working with couples and families to rebuild, strengthen, or heal their relationships. Throughout her work, she has consistently emphasized the importance of nurturing the body, mind, and spirit.
Sandy’s commitment to both mind and spirit recently expanded to offering spiritual direction as well as psychotherapy through her practice. Since completing her spiritual direction program at St John’s School of Theology in 2024, she is now excited to be able to include the deeper faith foundation she experienced there in every arena of her work.
This foundation is based in contemplative Christian spirituality, which understands and experiences God to be the one in whom we live and move and have our being, as Paul reminds us. As such, the spiritual journey is a path of ever-deepening attunement with this Loving Presence.
Sandy is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors Association) and Spiritual Directors International.
When not tending to others, Sandy enjoys playing the piano, spending time with her puppy Charlie, and having some great food with good friends.
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Shawn is a spiritual director and pastor with 19 years of ministry experience in churches and para-church ministries. He was trained as a spiritual director through Sustainable Faith's School of Spiritual Direction and is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors). He also holds a degree in contemporary worship and Biblical Studies from Kentucky Christian University.
Shawn, his wife Rachel, and their son live in Ypsilanti, Michigan with their dog Ronen. Shawn is interested in the intersection of spiritual formation, spiritual direction, and the arts in ministry.
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Tina is a Spiritual Director and Licensed Professional Counselor. She left a position in Human Resources when her daughter was born to stay home with the baby. When her daughter went to school, she too returned to school completing a master’s degree in professional mental health counseling. She has 18 years experience counseling families, individuals and couples. During her counseling career she continued to feel the draw of the Spirit which led her to spiritual direction.
Tina and her husband, Tim, live in Kentucky and enjoy hiking, traveling, and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
Tina is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors).
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Zach is the son of two, oldest of four, husband of one, and father of three. After receiving a degree in Christian Education from Biola University, Zach spent a couple years as a firefighter and in the world of emergency medicine before coming on staff with Young Life where he served for 14 years. In the midst of that time, he received a degree in Christian Leadership and Theology from Fuller Seminary.
In the years that followed he came on staff at the church he’d called home for a decade where he still serves in the role of lead pastor. Since then, he’s completed his studies at Denver Seminary in Spiritual Direction and remains a hungry learner with a deep desire to not only know more of God, but to really experience Him and journey with others as they do the same! He loves backpacking, fly fishing, wood working, and anything hand made. He dislikes cats and Hallmark movies (mostly joking).
Zach is a member of CSDA (Christ-centered Spiritual Directors).
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Step One:
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Step Two:
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Our Spiritual Direction Coordinator is available to meet with you, answer any questions, and help connect you with a member of our team.
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What people are saying.
"I have found my times in spiritual direction to be moments that I find quite valuable. My director often provides me with questions and considerations that allow me to process and grow in my real time journey with Jesus which consequently reestablishes the importance of this primary relationship. I’m given a safe space to realign and assess and take moments even to wait—a practice that I was not naturally given to, but have found to be so worthwhile."