A Hero has Died

A Hero has Died Caleb passed away on Christmas Eve. He was a gentle and humble man of God. A great leader because he was a fabulous listener and a faithful servant. A true reflection of our Triune God. He loved his family well, with Bonny, his life partner of

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The Grand Annual Examen: Through the Lens of Emotions

The Grand Annual Examen: Through the Lens of Emotions 2025 was an emotion-packed year for me. So, when it was time for me to pay close attention to the past 12 months in my prayer journal, I decided to focus on creating my annual Examen through the lens of emotions

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What’s your favorite Christmas movie?

What’s your favorite Christmas movie? In our family, the list includes Elf, Home Alone, A Christmas Carol, Polar Express, Rudolph, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and just about any Hallmark movie (my wife loves a predictably happy ending sentimental love story!). Most intriguing to me is our granddaughter’s fascination with the

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 Don’t Forget to Thank God…

Don’t Forget to Thank God… …for so powerfully, tenderly, graciously, and majestically being God. In this season of thanksgiving, we tend to lean more heavily toward thanking God for the myriad gifts he generously provides. For our family and friends. For good health and answers to our prayers. For our

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You Are a Lot of Work

“You are a lot of work,” she said with a glint in her eye. I’ve seen that facial expression hundreds of times over the years. As a result I wasn’t offended when my wife uttered those words. She’s right. I fell and fractured my patella in Germany on the first

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An Invitation to Pilgrimage

 Have you ever been on a spiritual pilgrimage? For sure, our life in Christ is our most significant pilgrimage. But, in our lifetime we also have opportunity to go on pilgrimage to sights of holy significance. LTI has hosted several over the years…to Greece (in the footsteps of Paul), Italy

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Slow Down!

Slow Down! I live on a street with a middle school at the end of our road. We’ve lived in the same house for nearly 40 years. Many times when I’m outside working in the garden or playing with my grandchildren on the front lawn, cars go whizzing by…at what

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Monastery of the Soul

Chrissy Chang, LTI’s Coordinator of Online Ministry, recently reflected on the significance of a “monastery of the soul” in our podcast conversation about Psalm 131. She talked about how having a calmed and quieted soul is like a weaned child in her mother’s comforting embrace. Such a beautiful picture offered

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Summertime Reflections

It’s already mid-August. How can it be that summer 2024 is nearing its end? I don’t mean to be a downer about it, but my soul is craving the beginning of summer all over again. I had all sorts of godly aspirations for this summer. Unfortunately they mostly got eaten

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The Missing One Another

The “one another” passages in the New Testament are my favorite way of defining the textures and contours of spiritual community. The phrase comes from the Greek word allelon which means “one another, each other, mutually, or reciprocally.” Each time it’s used as an imperative command and the basis for

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Steve Macchia

Founder & President

The Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Macchia is founder and president of Leadership Transformations, Inc. (LTI), a ministry serving the spiritual formation, discernment, and renewal of leaders and learners since 2003. For more than 20 years he was the Director of the Pierce Center for Disciple-Building at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he continues to serve as an adjunct faculty member in the Doctor of Ministry Program. From 1989-2003 he was the president of Vision New England, the largest regional church renewal association in the country. Earlier in his ministry life, Steve was a member of the pastoral staff of Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts for 11 years. He is the author or co-author of 17 books,  including Praying the Parables of Jesus (NavPress/Tyndale), The Discerning Life (Zondervan Reflective), and Crafting a Rule of Life, Becoming A Healthy Church (LTI), and Broken and Whole (IVP).  He and his wife Ruth live in the Boston (MA) area and are the proud parents of two married children and grandparents to three adorable grandchildren. Steve’s personal website is www.SteveMacchia.com.

My soul comes alive singing the great hymns of the church and enjoying the beauty of God’s creation. I’m in awe of God for fulfilling the dream for LTI that he birthed in my heart, for the team he has assembled, and the transformational impact experienced in the leaders and teams we serve.

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Mitzi Mak

Selah-West Faculty & Emmaus Faculty

Mitzi started her professional life as a high school social studies teacher. She and her husband Jerry then served cross-culturally for ten+ years, living abroad first in India and then Kurdistan, N. Iraq. In addition to being a Spiritual Director, she now serves as a Formation and Care pastor in her local church in Houston, TX. She has graduated from LTI’s Selah Spiritual Direction training as well as LTI’s Emmaus Formational Leadership Program.

Mitzi enjoys engaging conversation, reading fiction, doing jigsaw/crossword puzzles, ocean gazing and exploring the world with Jerry through food and travel.

God has two main callings in Mitzi’s life: to care for those who care for others and to be a guide in helping others have a healthy relationship with the Trinity – recognizing God’s loving presence and activity in their lives and how to faithfully respond.

Selah was a transformative experience for me – allowing the contemplative within to emerge and to beautifully co-exist with my extraverted personality.