Coffee with Spiritual Directors

In this episode of "Coffee with Nancy Ebner," Dan Lee sits down with retired pastor Nancy Edner to discuss her journey from lay leadership to seminary and pastoral ministry (0:01-5:03). The conversation explores her experience with spiritual direction for over 15 years, how it shaped her ability to pastor, and her transition into becoming a trained spiritual director after retiring in 20...

In this episode of "Coffee with Jenn Layte," Jen Layte, a spiritual director, chaplain, and pastor, shares her unique journey and insights into spiritual direction. She discusses the differences between spiritual direction and traditional pastoral ministry (9:43), the challenges churches face in being trauma-informed and addressing forgiveness (26:47), and her vision for reimagining spiritual form...

In this episode of "Coffee with Neal Windham," Dan Lee sits down with spiritual director Neal Windham to explore his unique vocational journey. Neal shares his transition from teaching Greek and pastoring to his current ministry in spiritual direction. The conversation highlights the value and growing need for spiritual direction among pastors and church leaders (4:27), delving into its role in sp...

06 Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Nita Kotiuga, the director of spiritual formation at Bakke Graduate University, discusses her journey into spiritual direction and her experiences as a former pastor (0:06). She shares how her personal quest for a deeper faith led her to seek spiritual direction and eventually become a spiritual director herself (0:35). Nita highlight...

Episode 05 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Bridget Black, a spiritual director in Southern California who describes her practice as therapeutic spiritual direction (0:32). Drawing from years of ministry (1:29), seminary study (1:50), and work in the psychological and therapeutic world (0:36), Bridget weaves together soul care, trauma-informed presence (20:38), and s...

Episode 04 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Alison Moscoso, a BIPOC spiritual director and Dan Lee's former coworker at ReWire (0:10). Alison's ministry focuses on helping people who have been hurt by the church find a more expansive spirituality (2:38). She explains how spiritual direction differs from pastoral work and therapy, emphasizing its agenda-free,...

Episode 03 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Sandra Soto, a BIPOC spiritual director serving in both traditional and non-traditional church contexts in Boston and the surrounding area. Dan and Sandra talk about her journey, what it means to walk with people who are deconstructing and reconstructing their faith, and how spiritual direction can create healing spaces for...

Episode 02 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Jess Allan, a worship pastor and spiritual director. Dan and Jess explore her journey into ministry and spiritual direction, and the unique way holy listening meets needs that are often missed in church and in worshipful life. If you are longing for deeper connection with God beneath the noise of church life, this conversat...

Episode 01 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with John March, a former church planter who now serves as a spiritual director. Dan and John explore his journey into ministry and spiritual direction, the limits he encountered as a pastor, and the unique way holy listening meets needs that are often missed in church life. Along the way, John reflects on the challenges facing...

This is an introductory Episode of Coffee with Spiritual Directors .