Dr. Susan Currie

Director of Selah & Associate for Spiritual Formation
In additional to directing Selah, Susan engages in spiritual formation ministries, particularly at the Pierce Center for Disciple-Building Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and in retreat leadership and spiritual companionship, with individuals, local churches, and wider church and parachurch bodies. She recently authored NPWL’s Bible Study entitled “Revelation: Awaiting the Bridegroom” (Presbyterians for Renewal, 2010). Susan and her husband, Dave, live in Hamilton, MA and are graced with three children, Catherine, Roy, and Elspeth.

D.Min and MATS, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, MA

Certificate in Spiritual Direction, CFDM Northwest

Dr. Steve Macchia

Founder & President of Leadership Transformations, Inc.
Steve became the founding president of Leadership Transformations, Inc. (LTi) on July 1, 2003.  He is the author of several books, including Becoming a Healthy Church (Baker Books, 1999),  the Becoming A Healthy Church Workbook (Baker Books, 2001), Becoming A Healthy Disciple (Baker Books, 2004), the Becoming A Healthy Disciple Small Group Study and Worship Guide (LTi publication, 2004), and Becoming A Healthy Team (Baker Books, 2005). As a part of his LTi portfolio, he also serves at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary as the Director of the Pierce Center for Disciple Building. Steve and his wife, Ruth, have two children, Nathan and Rebekah, and make their home in Lexington, MA.

D.Min. and M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, MA

Detailed Biography
Articles by Stephen Macchia

Angela Wisdom

Angela is a spiritual director based in Shorewood, IL. In addition to offering spiritual direction and supervision from her home, she also acts as an independent consultant for Biola University's Conservatory of Music. Previously, she served as Vice President of Training for Maranatha! Music in San Clemente, CA. Her training as a spiritual director includes individual and group spiritual direction and contemplative retreat design. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband Jeff and two sons.

MA Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Talbot School of Theology, CA

Faculty

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

Adele is the copastor with her husband of a church in Wellesley, MA, having served previously in other pastoral and missions positions stateside and overseas. She has taught as adjunct faculty at Wheaton College and at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has served on the board of the Pierce Center at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Adele is the author of The Spiritual Disciplines Handbook (IVP), and has much experience as a retreat leader and a spiritual director.

MA in Theology, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, MA
Residency Studies at L'Abri Fellowship, Huemoz, Switzerland
Spiritual Direction Training, LaSalette, Ipswich, MA

John French

John has been in spiritual direction for 20 years, and feels called to companion others in their life of faith over the long haul, having pastored the same congregation for 28 years. He offers spiritual direction as part of that ministry, modeling his call on that of Eugene Peterson, with whom he spent a sabbatical early in his ministry. John and his wife Janet have three grown children, with their first grandchild on the way!

M.Div., Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, MA
Spiritual Direction Training, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Washington D.C.

Genalin Niere

Genalin is a spiritual director based in Winthrop, MA and a council member of the Evangelical Center for Spiritual Wisdom (ECSW), which oversees the ministry of the Evangelical Spiritual Directors' Association (ESDA).  She is currently completing her last year of doctoral studies in clinical psychology from Wheaton College, IL.

Doctoral Candidate, Wheaton College Graduate School

Intern at the Danielsen Institute at Boston University

MA Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Talbot School of Theology, CA

Dr. Jeremy Stefano

By vocation a pastor, Jeremy has served churches in Southern Africa and North America. Spiritual direction has proved to be pivotal in his own life and is foundational to his pastoral ministry.

D.Min. in Leadership & Spiritual Formation, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, OR

Licentiate in Theology, Cape Town Baptist Seminary, South Africa
Master of Christian Studies. Regent College, Canada

Br. David Vryhof

Br. David Vryhof, SSJE, is an Episcopal priest and a member of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, a religious order for men based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He presently serves as the Assistant Superior in his community. He is an experienced spiritual director, teacher and retreat leader.

M.Div., General Theological Seminary, NY
MA Education of the Deaf, Gallaudet University, Washington D.C.
Spiritual Direction Training, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Washington D.C.