Come sit a while
In the busyness of everyday life, it can be easy to lose touch with the quiet voice of God — to move so quickly that we stop noticing where He is moving, what He is saying, and who He is inviting us to become.
Spiritual direction is an ancient practice of intentional, prayerful listening — a protected space set apart from the noise of daily life where you are invited simply to be still. To notice. To explore.
What Is Spiritual Direction?
Spiritual direction is not therapy, and it is not coaching. It is something both simpler and more profound — a sacred conversation between you, your director, and the Holy Spirit.
As your spiritual director, my role is to be a whole-body listener: attentive to the presence of the Holy Spirit as it is revealed in your words, your questions, your silences, and your longings. Together, we create space to explore the depths of your relationship with God — including the parts that feel intimate, confusing, distant, or alive.
Using prayer, silence, poetry, lament, imagery, scripture, and conversation, we work toward becoming ever more aware of God’s presence in all things — so that you can more readily discern the movements of the Spirit in your own life.
Who Is Spiritual Direction For?
Spiritual direction is for anyone who senses that there is more — more depth available in their relationship with God, more to be discovered about who they are in Him, more healing possible than they have yet experienced.
You may be drawn to spiritual direction if you are:
- Longing for a deeper, more intimate connection with God but not sure how to get there
- Navigating a season of spiritual dryness, doubt, or distance from God
- Carrying spiritual wounds or questions that haven’t had a safe place to land
- Seeking to develop a more intentional practice of prayer, silence, or contemplation
- Walking through grief, loss, or a major life transition and wanting to bring your faith into that process
- Simply hungry to grow — spiritually, emotionally, and in wholeness
Spiritual direction is open to all who are seeking. While Dr. Jones has particular depth in the Christian tradition, these conversations are held with gentleness, curiosity, and deep respect for where you are in your journey.
What to Expect
Each session is unhurried and focused entirely on you and your relationship with God. There is no agenda to complete, no problem to solve, no performance required. You are invited simply to bring what is true — your questions, your longings, your struggles, your gratitude — and to listen together for where God may be moving in it all.
Sessions draw on a rich variety of contemplative and spiritual practices, including:
- Centering prayer and Christian meditation
- Lectio Divina (sacred reading of scripture)
- Silence and solitude
- Lament and honest expression before God
- Imagery and creative reflection
- Nature as a pathway to presence
- Listening and discernment practices
Over time, many people find that spiritual direction begins to change not just their prayer life, but the way they move through the world — with greater attentiveness, greater peace, and a deeper sense of being known and loved by God.
Why Dr. Jones?
Dr. Tracy Jones brings a rare combination of clinical expertise and deep spiritual formation to this work. With nearly 30 years as a licensed therapist and the completion of a rigorous two-year Spiritual Direction training program, she is uniquely equipped to hold both the psychological and the spiritual dimensions of a person’s experience with equal care.
She has published research on Christian meditation as a clinical intervention for anxiety, depression, and shame. She has directed Sabbath retreats, spiritual formation retreats, and women’s renewal retreats for congregations and communities. She teaches spiritual practices to churches, clinicians, and graduate students — and she brings to every session an unwavering belief that God is always at work, always present, and always holding more hope than we can see from where we stand.
Her favorite scripture says it simply:
“The LORD will fight for you, you need only to be still.” — Exodus 14:14
Ready to Begin?
Spiritual direction sessions are available virtually, making this sacred space accessible wherever you are.
To inquire about spiritual direction or to schedule a complimentary introductory conversation, reach out through the Request Services button below. Dr. Jones would be honored to sit with you a while.
When you are ready to discover your path to hope and healing, let me partner with you to take the brave steps toward your resilient future.