My Story

I have been a follower of Jesus since I was a teen. In a season of life where no one else was there for me God became a friend and companion. Later church became a safe place where I was invited to explore my gifts in ministry and grow in my relationship with Christ. In seminary I met my husband, Tyson who I love getting to do ministry with every day. We started our ministry as youth pastors in California. Several years into ministry and after having two children of our own, I began to feel frustrated with the lack of spiritual fruit in my life. I began to ask why after all these years of prayer, Bible reading, leading in ministry am I not more loving, more patient, or more kind? This question led me to discover the spiritual disciplines and to explore what Christian spiritual formation is meant to look like which led me to Fuller Seminary and the doctoral program in spiritual formation and spiritual direction. I had never heard of spiritual direction in all my years in the church and in ministry. But as I began to see a spiritual director and to receive training in this companioning ministry I fell in love. As a pastor I have always loved hearing peoples stories and seeing them come to know Jesus more. As a spiritual director I get to do this in powerful ways. I believe all of us are on a journey of discovering who God is and who he is calling us to become. I would love to walk with you on that journey.