SPIRITUAL DIRECTION FOR REAL LIFE

Make a little room
to notice.

Spiritual direction is an unhurried, prayerful conversation that helps you pay attention to God’s presence, voice, and invitations in the life you are already living.

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So, what happens in a session?

HOLY LISTENING

A place to hear your life with God.

Despite the name, a spiritual director does not take over the steering wheel of your spiritual life. God is the director.

The person across from you listens, asks good questions, and helps you notice the movements of grace, resistance, longing, invitation, and love. Together, you make room for what God may already be doing beneath the noise.

You can bring a decision, a transition, a dry season, a new sense of possibility, or simply the desire to live with more awareness. You do not need a polished spiritual life or an impressive prayer vocabulary. You can come as you are.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Less fixing.
More noticing.

A session moves at the speed of attention. There may be silence, conversation, a reflective question, Scripture, or a prayer practice. The shape changes because people and seasons do, too.

Arrive

1

Bring the life you actually have, including the parts that feel clear, tangled, hopeful, or tired.

Pay attention

2

Your director listens with you for where God’s presence and invitation may be surfacing.

Respond

3

You leave with greater awareness and, when helpful, a question or practice to carry into the month.

A HELPFUL DISTINCTION

Direction stays centered on your relationship with God.

Counseling often attends to well-being and mental health. Coaching commonly focuses on goals and forward action. Spiritual direction listens for the presence and movement of God in your life right now.

These practices can complement one another beautifully. Spiritual direction offers a particular gift: a regular space where your inner life with God receives your full attention.

MEET YOUR COMPANIONS

People who know how to listen.

Each director brings a distinct story and set of experiences. All share a commitment to prayerful presence, thoughtful questions, and trust in God’s ongoing work.

Jeff Brady

Certified Spiritual Director · Pastor · Chaplain
Jeff offers individual, group, and marital direction, companioning people as they attune to God’s voice and movement in their lives.
Jeff completed a graduate certificate in spiritual direction from Portland Seminary in 2022, building on years of pastoral ministry and a Clinical Pastoral Education residency at Lutheran Hospital in 2023. His own journey through family brokenness, traumatic brain injury, and restoration in his marriage has formed a lived conviction that God continues to offer fresh opportunities for repentance, forgiveness, and transformation, even within our hardest circumstances.A son of God, husband, father, pastor, chaplain, and speaker, Jeff discerned a call to ministry while growing up in a Quaker church. He earned his MDiv from Wesley Seminary in 2014 and has served across the Disciples of Christ, United Methodist, and Wesleyan traditions. Ordained in The Wesleyan Church in 2016, Jeff and his wife, Heather, planted Commoners House Church in 2020. He now serves as a full-time hospital chaplain at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Kokomo. Jeff and Heather delight in their family, their growing role as grandparents, and their two cats, Tom (Brady) and Stella.
In-Person: northeast Indiana
David Higle

Certified Spiritual Director · Pastor · Clergy Care Leader
David helps people slow down, pay attention, and listen for God’s voice in the midst of everyday life and ministry.
Drawing on an MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary, an MTh from Princeton, a PhD from Walden University, and years of formation and ministry, David brings deep theological grounding and pastoral warmth to spiritual direction. He has special interest in journeying with people who feel God is absent.
David formerly served The Wesleyan Church as Director of Clergy Development and Clergy Care, championing a vision of pastors thriving spiritually, emotionally, relationally, physically, intellectually, and financially. He has pastored churches in Canada and New York and served as dean of Christian Formation at Kingswood University and academic dean at Somerset Christian College, now Pillar University. Today, as Director of Pastoral Care at Pastors’ Hope Network, he accompanies pastors and families navigating hard ministry transitions and supports clergy well-being in the Atlantic District of The Wesleyan Church. David and his wife, Jane, live in New Brunswick and have one daughter and a granddaughter.
St. John, New Brunswick
Sarah Linder

Certified Spiritual Director

Sarah creates welcoming space for people to notice God’s presence in the ordinary, complicated, and beautiful parts of life.
Sarah began her work in the church in 2012 and has served in children’s and youth ministry, congregational care, and prayer retreats. She earned her degree in Behavioral Science in 2014 and received her certification in Spiritual Direction in 2020.
Having served churches across several denominations, Sarah treasures the beauty of the Church as it takes shape in many different local communities. She lives in Marion, Indiana, with her husband, Ethan, and their three boys, Ezra, Isaiah, and Jack. She loves coffee, hiking, and opening her home to neighbors and friends.
In-Person: northeast Indiana
Alex Mandura

Pastor · Educator · Certified Spiritual Director
Alex is a kind and empathetic shepherd who helps people become more aware of God, find wholeness, and live more fully into their calling.
Alex serves as Assistant Dean and Director of Spiritual Formation and Field Education at Wesley Seminary. An ordained elder in The Wesleyan Church since 2004, he brings 20 years of pastoral experience in New York, Ohio, and Indiana, including service as pastor of congregational care and discipleship ministries at College Wesleyan Church.
A 2013 Wesley Seminary graduate, Alex is completing doctoral research on mentoring resources in higher education through the framework of the ancient practice of spiritual direction. He is husband to Jenn and father to four children. He is always up for a good book, game, movie, or new eatery, and can often be found hiking, camping, kayaking, or cheering for the Buffalo Bills through another season that ends a little earlier than he hoped.
In-Person: northeast Indiana
Jenn Mandura

Certified Spiritual Director · Ministry Companion
Jenn brings an attentive, calm, and hope-filled presence to people who want to encounter God in meaningful and life-giving ways.
A wife, mother of four, and longtime ministry partner, Jenn spent more than 20 years serving alongside her husband, Alex, in a variety of church and pastoral contexts. Through those years, she developed a deep love for families serving in vocational ministry and for accompanying them as they faithfully live into their calling.
Spiritual direction has played a significant role in Jenn’s own journey of learning to live in the freedom of God’s love and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, kayaking, camping, hiking, birdwatching, and finding delight in the beauty of God’s creation with family and friends.
In-Person: northeast Indiana
Jeremy Summers

Certified Spiritual Director · Pastor · Educator
Jeremy offers the kind of attentive, unhurried presence that helps people listen for God in seasons of clarity and confusion alike.
Jeremy completed a two-year certification program in spiritual direction, training in holy listening, discernment, and contemplative accompaniment. For Jeremy, spiritual direction is a ministry of presence: sitting with someone, asking good questions, and trusting that God is already speaking when there is room enough to listen.
Jeremy serves as Pastor of Ministry Development at College Wesleyan Church and Director of Mission Driven Leadership at Indiana Wesleyan University. An ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church, he works across church, academic, and nonprofit settings, serves on several boards, and regularly speaks at churches and universities. He is the co-author of seven books, including How to Plant an Orchard: Seven Seeds for Growing in Jesus, and has contributed to publications including The New York Times, The Indianapolis Star, and The State. Jeremy is married and has four children.
In-Person: northeast Indiana

A STEADY MONTHLY RHYTHM

Choose the rhythm that fits your season.

Spiritual direction works best with 4-6 sessions.

Many find that a monthly rhythm gives your life room to unfold with God between conversations.

Single Sessions

$95/session

✔️ One 60-minute session

✔️ No subscription

✔️ Online or in person (if available)

Ask about getting started

Download our free Listen To God guide

Monthly Direction

$90/month

✔️ One 60-minute session a month

✔️ A consistent director

✔️ Online or in person (if available)

Cohort Direction

$30/session

✔️ Small Group with a director

✔️ Accessible starting point

✔️ Online from anywhere

Meet Your Instructors

Monet Goode

Monet is a lifelong educator with a passion for creating accessible, engaging learning experiences. Known for a calm, encouraging teaching style, Monet believes that growth happens when learners feel both challenged and supported.

Emmett Marsh

Emmett is a detail-oriented instructor who’s spent the past decade helping people develop new tools, habits, and mindsets. Their approach is clear, practical, and always infused with curiosity and care.

Eleanor Parks

Eleanor's background spans education, coaching, and creative development. With a strong focus on process and progress, Eleanor helps learners move from where they are to where they want to be—one step at a time.

Enough space to listen. Enough rhythm to keep listening.

We will help you find the director and format that fit your season.

START WITH A CONVERSATION

You bring the questions. We’ll help make room.

Tell us a little about yourself, what drew you to spiritual direction, and whether you already have a director in mind. We’ll follow up personally.

↳Unsure who to choose? “No preference” is a perfectly good place to begin.

FAQs

No. Counseling is focused on well-being, mental health, and processing pain. Counseling is done by a licensed clinician. Spiritual direction is focused on noticing where God is present and active in your life right now. If deeper healing work surfaces in a session, we'll say so honestly and help you find a counselor; direction isn't a substitute for therapy, and we won't pretend it is.
No. Coaching is typically goal-oriented, helping you move toward a specific outcome or decision. Spiritual direction isn't trying to get you anywhere. It's a slower, listening posture centered on your relationship with God rather than your productivity or plans. Some people find both valuable, just for different purposes.
Your director listens… to your life, and with you for where God may already be at work in it. There's conversation, sometimes silence, sometimes Scripture or a prayer practice. You don't leave with a to-do list; you leave with a little more awareness than you came in with.
Yes. Every director is certified in spiritual direction, and most bring additional formation through seminary education, pastoral ministry, and chaplaincy. You can see each director's background above. This isn't an informal conversation with a well-meaning friend. Most directors have completed at least a 2 year program that includes both coursework and supervised direction hours.
Yes. Sessions are a confidential space, held with the same care and discretion your congregation members would expect from any pastoral relationship. If a safety concern arises , something that requires outside intervention, we'll follow appropriate protocol, but that's the exception, not the norm.
Yes, that's often the best use of it. Spiritual direction complements what a pastor, discipleship group, or counselor already offers; it doesn't compete with it. Many churches use Resonant as a referral partner for people (including staff and pastors) who want a dedicated space for this that's separate from their own pastoral relationships.
No. You don't need a crisis, a decision, or a "problem" to begin. Plenty of people start simply because they want to pay closer attention to God in the life they're already living.
Not even close. Spiritual direction is one of the oldest practices in the Christian tradition: older than the modern sermon-and-worship-set format many of us know. You can trace it back to the Desert Fathers and Mothers in the 3rd century, through monastic communities, Ignatius of Loyola, and centuries of believers who understood that faith needs companions, not just information. What's "new" is that it's becoming more available outside of monasteries and Catholic contexts, not the practice itself.
That's a completely normal place to start. Tell us what's going on, and we'll help you figure out the right fit, including pointing you toward counseling or coaching if that's actually the better next step.
No. Our directors have served across a range of denominational backgrounds, and spiritual direction meets people where they are theologically and spiritually.
Monthly spiritual direction is $100/month for one 60-minute session each month, a consistent director, and the flexibility to meet online or in person where available. There's no long-term contract. It's a simple recurring subscription.
Yes, and it is. Anyone can start listening to God right now, no cost, no appointment. That's exactly why we created our free Listen to God resource, to help you begin discerning on your own. Spiritual direction is different. It isn't God's voice you're paying for; it's the guidance of a trained director who helps you recognize what you're already hearing.

Make a little room
to notice.

A place to hear your life with God.