life demands space.
Spiritual direction is one place, sometimes I think in the whole world, where you don’t have to fix or strive or have a single expectation placed on you—or place a single expectation on yourself. It’s a place where you can explore what is sacred to you and cultivate a rich inner life.
MEET YOUR COMPANION.
hi, I’m Katie (she/her).
I’m a sober, childfree, poetry-and nature-loving spiritual companion who founded Juniper House to create and foster a sacred space, specifically for those for whom healing spaces either don’t exist or are hard to find. I am a progressive, contemplative Christian who journeys with all. I have a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from United Theological Seminary and am currently pursuing an MA in Directed Study with a spiritual direction concentration.
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Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from United Theological Seminary | Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist (CAGCS) Certification | Episcopal Safe Church-trained
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Member of Spiritual Directors International & Sacred Ground Center for Spirituality | Episcopal Church of Minnesota
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Spiritual direction should be accessible to all. I use an open sliding scale so you can discern the amount that you can afford between $40-$90.
Payments are due on the date of the session and can be made via Venmo, Apple Pay, Zelle, cash, or check.
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart…do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.”
— Ranier Maria Rilke
WHAT IS SPIRITUAL DIRECTION?
I view spiritual direction as journeying with you as you live the questions now.
And life is nothing if not a series of questions, big and small: questions about meaning, God, vocation, why things happen the way they do, why things don’t happen the way we think they should. The list goes on and on. A spiritual director is someone who accompanies you through these mysteries as you cultivate a rich inner life and journey closer to God. I believe this ordinary life with all of its questions is sacred. I offer 1:1 and group spiritual direction, where I listen without judgment and foster a sacred space, providing contemplative tools for you to live the questions now.
WHY SPIRITUAL DIRECTION?
I seek to provide a space where you can explore what is sacred to you.
We have all experienced loss, and we all encounter the mysteries of life. In spiritual direction, you don't have to find a cure for what ails you or answers to life’s questions, but you can find a little respite. A refuge. Companionship on the journey. In spiritual direction, we get closer to inhabiting the uninhabitable distance between ourselves and our loss—between ourselves and life’s mysteries—through diving into our own sacred questions and stories and drawing closer to God. In so doing, we can find belonging, comfort, peace, and maybe even a little meaning.
“The primary purpose of spiritual direction is to help persons become more aware of God’s presence in their daily lives. To help them begin to see God’s action in the here and now and then to help them see how their lives are a response to that initiative.”
