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Vitae
Vitae
 

Youll 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

LEglise 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 Pastorsand OthersWho 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 Cant Pray, The Mennonite, February 5, 2008 (available on-line here).