Episode 05 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Bridget Black, a spiritual director in Southern California who describes her practice as therapeutic spiritual direction. Drawing from years of ministry, seminary study, and work in the psychological and therapeutic world, Bridget weaves together soul care, trauma-informed presence, and spiritual discernment to create a spacious room where the personal and the spiritual meet.Dan and Bridget talk about prophetic listening, why questions and doubts belong in prayer, how practices like the Examen can ground us, and where spiritual direction fits in the future of the church. If you are longing for a companion who can hold both your story and your nervous system, this episode offers a hopeful and healing vision of what spiritual direction can be.

Episode 04 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Alison Moscoso, a BIPOC spiritual director and my former coworker at ReWire. Alison often journeys with people who have been hurt by the church and hosts a gentle grey space for healing, lament, and reconstruction. She was one of my earliest inspirations to pursue spiritual direction. In this episode, we talk about how spiritual direction is for everyone and why it is essential to the healthy future of the church and its leaders.

If you carry church wounds or feel caught between staying and leaving, this conversation offers language, companionship, and hope. Listen in and imagine what it could mean to have a safe, prayerful space to be fully honest with God and with yourself.

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

Episode 03 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Sandra Soto, a BIPOC spiritual director serving in both traditional and non-traditional church contexts in Boston and the surrounding area. Dan and Sandra talk about her journey, what it means to walk with people who are deconstructing and reconstructing their faith, and how spiritual direction can create healing spaces for those who feel in-between.

If you have felt on the edges of church or uncertain about your place in faith communities, this episode will help you feel seen and less alone. Listen in and consider how Sandra’s gentle, grounded presence might invite you to honor your own story with God.

You can reach her via [email protected]

Episode 02 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with Jess Allan, a worship pastor and spiritual director. Dan and Jess explore her journey into ministry and spiritual direction, and the unique way holy listening meets needs that are often missed in church and in worshipful life.If you are longing for deeper connection with God beneath the noise of church life, this conversation will give you language and hope for what your heart has been sensing. Listen in and imagine how holy listening might reshape your own life and ministry.

Contact Jess at [email protected]

Episode 01 of Coffee with Spiritual Directors features a conversation with John March, a former church planter who now serves as a spiritual director. Dan and John explore his journey into ministry and spiritual direction, the limits he encountered as a pastor, and the unique way holy listening meets needs that are often missed in church life. Along the way, John reflects on the challenges facing the church today, the future role of spiritual direction, and the practices he most hopes Christians and pastors will embrace.

Find John here at https://johnbmarch.com/ or https://www.leadershiptransformations.org/directory-of-spiritual-directors/march-john/

This is an introductory Episode of Coffee with Spiritual Directors.