Steve received his spiritual director certification from The Caritas Center for Christian Formation in 2018. Steve is a member of the ESDA (Evangelical Spiritual Directors Association) and the NESD (The Network of Evangelical Spiritual Directors).

His mission is to create a safe, non-judgmental place for people to become more intimately connected with God through exploration of their heart and soul.

Steve was a CFO and business owner for over 20 years. In 2016, he sold his company to pursue spiritual direction training.

As a spiritual director, he meets with clients who experience a broad range of concerns. Since a relationship with God encompasses all areas of life, spiritual direction sessions can cover relationship issues, family dynamics, struggles in faith, work related issues and childhood wounds.

Steve meets pastors, church staff members, missionaries, lay-people, therapists and business people.

Raised in a Jewish family, Steve received Christ as a teen-ager. Since then, he has served in churches in a variety of capacities: ministry leader, elder, teacher, shepherd to small group leaders, men’s ministry, marriage restoration programs and most recently as a spiritual director to the staff at his Church.

He has been married to his wife, April, since 1980. They have three grown children and one grandson.

BENEFITS OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

Move from being stuck,
alone and not seen
to feeling tender,
full of hope and connected.

RECOGNIZE GOD'S WORK

Spiritual direction is “recognizing God’s amazing work in us and among us in the ordinariness of human existence.”
Margaret Guenther
Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction

TRUE CONNECTION

“...the purpose of a spiritual director... is simply and clearly to lead us to our real director. He is the means of God to open the path to the inward teaching of the Holy Spirit.”
Richard Foster
Celebration of Discipline

EXPERIENCE GRACE

“A spiritual director is then one who helps another to recognize and to follow the inspiration of grace in his life, in order to arrive at the end to which God is leading him.”
Thomas Merton
Spiritual Direction and Meditation

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Blog

Thomas

The first time I saw a picture of Caravaggio’s painting of “Doubting Thomas, I was surprised at my reaction to it.  I felt tender. I have never been a fan of paintings or pictures of Read more…

Noticing

A few years ago, I read an article by Peter Scazzero. It was taken from his book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. He spoke of the gift of slowing down. I resonated with his words. At my Read more…

The Journey

During my spiritual formation cohort we were shown the painting that Rembrandt painted of Matthew 8:24. The boat that Jesus and the disciples were in was caught in a bad storm. In case you don’t Read more…

RESOURCES

The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection served as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris. He is remembered for the intimacy he expressed concerning his relationship to God as recorded in this classic Christian text.

Life of the Beloved

Henri Nouwen

Initially written for a Jewish friend, Life of the Beloved has become Henri Nouwen’s greatest legacy to Christians around the world. This sincere testimony of the power and invitation of Christ is indeed a great guide to a truly uplifting spiritual life in today’s world.

Sacred Rhythms

Ruth Haley Barton

Spiritual disciplines are activities that open us to God's transforming love and the changes that only God can bring about in our lives. Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of the spiritual disciplines, this book takes you more deeply into understanding seven key disciplines along with practical ideas for weaving them into everyday life.

Invitations from God

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

Adele Calhoun offers a book about divine invitations we miss or ignore because we've said yes to going with the cultural flow. While these invitations from God can sometimes be difficult to accept, they can heal and restore even as they shape where we go, what we do and who we become. What we say yes to, what we say no to forms the terrain of our future.

The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God

Brent Curtis & John Eldredge

The Sacred Romance strikes a chord in us because more than in any other age, we have lost touch with our hearts. We have left that essential part of ourselves behind in the pursuit of efficiency, success, and even Christian service.

Created for Connection

Dr. Sue Johnson

Dr. Sue Johnson, developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Kenneth Sanderfer, a leading EFT practitioner in the Christian community, share Johnson's groundbreaking and remarkably successful program for creating stronger, more secure relationships not only between partners, but between us and God.

The Crucible Project

Experiential Men's Weekend

Unlike any Christian men’s retreat you’ve attended, The Crucible Weekend is designed to challenge you to take a hard look at what is and not working in your life. Experience the opportunity to wrestle with God and discover new truths about yourself — and embrace your God-given masculinity.