Stephen is a Colorado native, born in Boulder, and raised right there in the bubble! He’s the

proud father of two boys and married to the most aggravatingly attractive woman in the

world - inside and out.

He holds the 8th grade record for traversing the pegboard, was voted most likely to run with

scissors, and will try anything twice! He enjoys multi-day bike rides and peppered beef

jerky. He’s an INFP, an Enneagram 4, and loves when people wear red and pink together.

He received a Master of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Denver Seminary and is a

practicing spiritual director for faith leaders throughout the country. Stephen’s a devoted

teacher at his church, a trusted retreat leader for the Praxis, and a valued lecturer at

Denver Seminary.

Today, Stephen desires to guide others through the unfamiliar territories of their spiritual

life. He longs to help people recover the depth, substance and beauty in experiences that

may otherwise seem disconnected or irrelevant.

Snapshot of my ministry

Contemplative Discipleship offers a place and process for individuals to deepen their life

with God...however God decides to come.

Life with God can be a puzzling place in today’s world. Our personal relationship with God

can easily be mistaken for things we learn to profess about him. Over time, we come to

confuse our life with God for doctrines we learned about him along the way. Left there long

enough, we begin to dull our senses to the most interesting part of our life while delaying

the joy available in the normal, ordinary and everyday moments.

In contrast with traditional discipleship programs that standardize growth, institutionalize

theology and emphasis a trajectory of up-and-to-the-right, Contemplative Discipleship

examens the immediate circumstances of our life as the best and holiest possible

curriculum we could ask for to deepen our life in God. Contemplative Discipleship aims

to redeem discipleship into Christlikeness; not by living a life like Christ, but by living a life

as connected to the Source of Life as Christ lived his.