I have experienced firsthand how difficult life can be – health struggles, work stress, parenting, relationships. It’s easy to get lost in the mess of responsibilities and world events. We get reduced to what we do and what happens to us. I develop experiences for people to get back in touch with their whole selves, finding their identity and their purpose in the world.

Spiritual Companionship or Spiritual Direction offers a compassionate and imaginative space for exploring the Sacred, one that honors the wisdom within each person and the diversity of the human spirit.

I have long had a strong affinity for mystical faith practices. I also have more than a decade of experience serving rural, urban, and suburban faith communities as an ELCA Pastor. To these experiences I have recently added the experience of being a doctoral student. I’m currently in the DMin in Spiritual Direction program at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, studying how tabletop roleplaying games (ttrpgs) can be used as vehicles for spiritual exploration.

As a Spiritual Director, I enjoy working with young adults and the young at heart to help people experience sacredness in their lives and within themselves. I do this through conversation, intuitive listening, silence, prayer, and ritual, but I also specialize in the unique modality of play.

Play, for me, is a profound spiritual practice. As a longtime D&D Dungeon Master and Game Master for a number of other ttrpg systems, I’ve witnessed how story, imagination, and creativity can unlock truth, healing, and connection. In spiritual direction, I often draw on these same dynamics of curiosity, wonder, and storytelling to invite new perspectives and pathways of encounter with God. Play helps us explore what words alone cannot, opening our sacred imaginations to a world of freedom and new possibilities.

I am trained and experienced in interfaith relations and am committed to creating spaces that are queer-affirming and open to people of all faith traditions—and none. Whether you are rooted in a particular spiritual path or simply curious about where the Sacred might be found in your story, I welcome you to this journey of reflection, discernment, and joy.

If you’re curious if spiritual direction might be right for you, reach out to schedule a free intro call.

Sessions are available in person (Burnsville, MN) and online.

*Note: All sessions are offered free of charge while I complete my practicum.*

More info about me as a spiritual director.

Personalized Affiliation: Christianity

Spiritual Spheres: Christianity, Eco/Nature-based, Humanism, Interfaith, Interspiritual, Spiritual but Not Religious

Focus Areas: BIPOC, Children/Teens, Corporate/Workplace, Couples/Families, Creative Arts, Divorced/Widowed, Dying/Sick/Hospice, Ecospirituality/Nature-based, Enneagram, European Cultures, Gaming Community, Grief and Loss, Group Spiritual Direction, Health Care, Homeless/Low Income, Latin American Cultures, LGBTQIA+, Men’s Issues, Mental Health/Depression, Mindfulness/Meditation, People with Disabilities, Sports, Spiritual Awakening / Mystical Experiences, Young Adults