REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 10, 4:00 PM (Eastern)
This two-hour online retreat invites participants into the heart of Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved, exploring the spiritual journey of being chosen, blessed, broken, and given. Facilitated by Matt Scott of Leadership Transformations, Inc., the workshop offers a contemplative space to return to and remember our deepest identity as God’s beloved. Topics of conversation will include:
– Discerning our true and false selves
– Receiving and offering blessing
– Embracing brokenness that leads to compassion
– Finding freedom from comparison and competition
LOCATION: Online via ZOOM
DATE/TIME: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Note: If you have not received a Zoom link/event details e-mail by the day before your event, please check your Spam folder. If you still have not received it, please e-mail us.
Matt serves on the LTI team as Creative Director. A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (MDiv) and the University of Mobile (Worship Leadership and Music Performance), Matt has served various churches in the area of worship and arts, community life, shepherding, and pastoral ministry. He and his wife, Kristen, live in Sioux Falls, SD with their two children, Emerson and Ashton. Matt enjoys building furniture, writing music and running. “I am humbled and honored to be part of the LTI team. I find great joy in building up and encouraging the Body of Christ through spiritual formation and soul care.”
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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.“