Spiritual Direction
Listening Together
What is Spiritual Direction?
Spiritual direction, with deep historical and theological roots, has been practiced as a form of Christian soul care for centuries.
A spiritual director is a companion who is trained to listen, notice, ask questions, and help you reflect as you explore your interior world, particularly attuning to your relationship with and experience of God.
Often our lives are filled with both beauty and sorrow. Many find spiritual direction to be a meaningful practice--whether they are feeling invited into a deepening relationship with God or are experiencing distance and disorienting questions related to their current faith story.
Spiritual direction provides an open, soft space to land where we can be honest about where we find ourselves; whether thriving or feeling stuck.
At times, spiritual practices are introduced during a session which seek to orient us toward finding a loving God in the midst of our everyday lives.
Meet our Spiritual Directors
Rev. Chris Bannon
I am a lifelong New Englander, longtime New Hampshirite, father of four (Shiloh, Madeline, Abel, and Esther), and husband of one (Rebecca). Our family lives in Rochester, NH, where I serve as Lead Pastor to The Commons ECC, a church community that we were called to help establish in 2014. Prior to this call I served with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship - first as campus staff at the University of Rhode Island, then as Area Director for the state of NH - as well as several years on the pastoral staff of Dover Baptist Church in Dover, NH.
Beyond the calling of my own formation in Christ, my family and fatherhood - my greatest honor and joy is to walk alongside people in increasing knowledge of and intimacy with God. In conjunction with my ongoing pastoral work, I am currently enrolled in the Selah spiritual direction certificate program through Leadership Transformations, Inc. and I am so very blessed to have the opportunity to serve as a Spiritual Director in partnership with Shoreline Counseling Group.
Judy Kuzman
I am a Spiritual Director living and working on the seacoast of southern Maine. I've been married for 36+ years, with four adult children and two grandchildren on the horizon.
My first love is my family; a close second is caramel iced coffee from Dunks.
I crave change, love adventure (but not risk), and am most at home on the rocky coast.
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I am trained and certified as a Spiritual Director by Fall Creek Abbey’s School of Spiritual Direction (fallcreekabbey.org). I bring 35 years of experience working with people in various ministry settings as well as a life deeply (and personally) informed by grief, suffering, hope and restoration to my work. I am no stranger to sitting with people in pain. I count it a privilege to offer generous space and compassionate listening to others as together we notice and reflect on the felt movement (or sensed absence) of God in our everyday lives.
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My current role within my vocational ministry context includes walking alongside hurting parents whose children are on difficult journeys.
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(I am currently enrolled in the Certificate in Spiritual Formation program through the PAX Center for Spiritual Formation).
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