Lori Tate

MA, DMin

Jackson, Michigan USA

About Me

I help people live the rich and meaningful life they desire by teaching them to listen and trust their inner voice. I am a spiritual director.

I am in love with my Father, His Son and spirit.
I am a life-long learner. 
I am continually awed by God and His creation. 
I love to play in the dirt!
I am a mother, gardener, cook, wife, and an emerging artist.
“I am thoroughly committed to living your way,” (Psalm 119.66 MSG)

     For years I tried to get closer to God. I read my Bible, prayed, gave to others, served at church. Despite all my efforts to show God my love for him, I often felt angry and/or empty. Whatever I did was not enough. When I struggled with an eating disorder, I “just knew” that if I could love God more, everything would be alright, and I would no longer feel the way I did. I feared that this was all the Christian life offered, a cycle of striving, failure, guilt, anger and then trying again, but harder.
     By the grace of God I connected with a group of people who began to teach me about the Holy Spirit and the “unforced rhythms of grace” (Matt. 11.28 MSG). I learned that I could not transform myself, or anyone else for that matter. What I could do is create the conditions in which spiritual transformation takes place, by developing and maintaining a rhythm of spiritual practices that keep me open and available to God.
I have an undergraduate degree in Art & Design from Grand Valley State University, as well as a MA in Christian Education from Asbury Theological Seminary. I earned a DMin in Spiritual Direction & Formation through the Graduate Theological Foundation via Dominican Center of Marywood, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
I am a member of Spiritual Directors International and the IEA – International Enneagram Association, where I am an accredited Enneagram teacher. For community, personal growth, and accountability, I practice yoga 2-4 times a week, I meet monthly with my personal spiritual director as well as a group of spiritual directors for peer supervision.
Debbie posts06..expanded my spiritual direction foundation with a 2-week practicum in retreat direction training with Dominican Sister Nancy Brousseau (2013). I earned my certification with IEA Professional Accredited practitioner, Rev. Clare Loughrige, in Motions of the Soul, which integrates the Enneagram with St. Ignatius’ discernment process (2017). I also received my certification with Dr. Jerry Wagner for the Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles in July 2018.

Available For

In-person or Zoom

Language

English

Focus

Women, men, children, pastoral staff, people working through deconstruction, people who no longer attend church, Enneagram, group spiritual direction, and retreats

Contact

Email: lori@souldig.org

Website: www.souldig.org