Episode 04 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Alison Moscoso, a BIPOC spiritual director and Dan Lee's former coworker at ReWire (0:10). Alison's ministry focuses on helping people who have been hurt by the church find a more expansive spirituality (2:38). She explains how spiritual direction differs from pastoral work and therapy, emphasizing its agenda-free, witnessing role (11:13). Alison shares her passion for working with those outside the church, who often exhibit a deeper hunger for God (17:39). She highlights that being a spiritual director has profoundly shaped her, keeping her anchored even in her own doubts (24:53). Alison identifies the biggest challenge facing the church as "high control dynamics," which outsource individual autonomy and can lead to dangerous outcomes like Christian nationalism (27:48). She clarifies that spiritual direction is an ancient practice, not new, and the "direction" comes from the individual and God, not the director (39:45).

You can find Alison at https://www.alisonmoscoso.com/