| Vitae You’ll find an abbreviated vitae below. For my complete curriculum vitae in PDF format, click here. Training
Doctor of Ministry (Christian Spirituality track)
Columbia Theological Seminary, 2007
Final Project: “Stirrings of Contemplation in the Obscure Night”
Most of my doctoral work focused on the dark night, an experience during which we cannot pray in our usual way, receive little satisfaction from our spiritual life, and yet yearn for God’s presence.
Certificate in the Art of Spiritual Direction
San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1999
M.A. in Theology
Chicago Theological Seminary, 1987
B.A. in English
Goshen College, 1981 Experience Offering Spiritual Direction
Since 1996 Ministerial Credentials
Held by the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church USA
Ordination by the Illinois Conference of the Mennonite Church USA,
Pentecost 1990 Professional Memberships
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Spiritual Directors International Employment
Pastor Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship, Goshen, Indiana, 2002-present
Pastor Columbus Mennonite Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1991-2002
Assistant Pastor Lombard Mennonite Church, Lombard, Illinois, 1990-1991 Associate Director Lombard Mennonite Peace Center, Lombard, Illinois, 1987-1990 Voluntary Service
Program Coordinator Mennonite Central Committee, Miami and Belle Glade, Florida, 1981-1985 Lay Preacher/Teacher L’Eglise Ebenezer du la Reconciliacion Chretienne, Miami, Florida, 1982-1985 Selected Publications
Books The Dark Night: A Gift of God (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2009). Prayer Practices for Terrifically Busy People (Lulu, 2007).
Articles and Prayers “Discovering the Blessings of God's 'Absence': Youth in the Dark Night,” in Andy Brubacher Kaethler and Bob Yoder, eds., Youth Ministry at a Crossroads: Tending to the Faith Formation of Mennonite Youth (Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2011), 129-138. “Making Friends with our Desires,” Leader, Winter 2010/11, 11. “Lifeline: Help for Pastors—and Others—Who Struggle with Prayer,” Leader, Fall 2009, 12-14. Assorted prayers at #83-85, 87, 89-90, and 102, in Diane Zaerr Brenneman, ed., Words for Worship II (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2009). “The Obscure Night of Prayer,” Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology 7:2, 70-77. “When You Can’t Pray,” The Mennonite, February 5, 2008 (available on-line here).
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