Nathan currently lives in Wellpinit WA, on the Spokane Tribe Reservation with his wife and two daughters. He holds a B.S. in Interpersonal Communication from Toccoa Falls College. He has put a great deal of time and energy cultivating spiritual growth in himself and others through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises.1
Embracing the call on his life, Nathan spent three years enrolled at the Soul Formation Academy and the School of Spiritual Direction before completing the School to become an ordained Spiritual Director. Nathan’s Christian faith is rooted in the principle of truly accepting God’s radical love for us.
Here’s a little more from Nate:
After being a Christian for nearly 25 years I experienced a major crisis of faith and a total loss of a false identity. Through this experience I acknowledged God’s passionate love for me and found my identity in that love – a passionate love that has and continues to transform me.
My desire is to listen well, to engage in the spiritual practice of Divine listening during Spiritual Direction and to pay attention to God’s movement, movements that look like ordinary occurrences in directee’s lives.
As a Spiritual Director, I acknowledge the complexity of the Christian journey, the variety of experiences that individuals have had with the Church and church cultures. Knowing that variety, I believe that a great place for the Christian to go is found within the safety, security and sacred conversation found within the ancient tradition of Spiritual Direction. The director gives opens a window towards where the spirit may be moving, to see things that may not seem connected, might be intimately connected. To explore the sacred in the daily tasks and to maybe walk into those experiences with new sight.
Currently I serve a small faith community called The Porch as a guest preacher and Spiritual Director. At the request of my brother in faith and life, Carson T. Clark, I have begun the task of curating resources for The Sacred Humanist and look forward to the website’s future and am humbled to take on a role as contributor and curator.”
Examen, Centering Prayer, 19th Annotation, and Lectio Divina.↩