One-on-one spiritual direction
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Elaine ErbTavistock, ON
Ministry Description: As a spiritual companion I welcome holding a hospitable space for you to reflect on your life as the sacred journey it is. We can do this in person, or through zoom, or phone call. We would explore whatever is presenting itself in your life and, within it, open ourselves to God’s spiritual direction of you. I view, and have experienced, spiritual direction as a grace by which one’s awareness of God throughout life’s moments deepens, which leads to greater longing and love and capacity for the Spirit to move in one's life. And what so often goes hand in hand with this is a deepening of one’s self- awareness and growth towards one's True Self and living life more fully. I view this as seeking eternal life. “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God...” -John 17:3 (NRSVue)
Background: I have sensed God’s loving presence in my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up in Southern Ontario and was a part of the Cassel Mennonite Church prior to marrying and moving to Alberta where I have lived most of my life with my husband and our three sons. After my husband’s passing from ALS in 2014, I studied at Regent College in Vancouver and received my Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies. It was there that I felt called to pursue spiritual direction training. Through Soul Stream - Vancouver/Calgary my passion for contemplative living ignited as I took their prerequisite, spiritual formation course “Living from the Heart” and then “Art of Spiritual Direction,” graduating in 2020. During this time, I met and married my second husband and moved first to Manitoba and now back to our hometown of Tavistock, Ontario. I continue to be an avid learner and have taken two courses through the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary entitled SD: Mystery and SD: Wisdom. I am a member of Spiritual Directors International and have taken several courses from them as well as through Soul Stream. I have familiarity with the Enneagram, Embodied Presence - Bio Spirituality, Focusing, Internal Family Systems, Healing the Inner Critic, and Clearness Committee work. My greatest learning and joy have come from being a wife, mom, stepmom, and grandma. |