Emily is grateful to live in her hometown of Seattle. She has been doing the sacred work of serving as a spiritual director since 2020. She became certified in spiritual direction through the Anglican Diocese of New England in 2022. She finds great meaning in listening deeply to people and praying with and for them. She believes that the Holy Spirit is the true spiritual director of every session she facilitates. She is honored to be a spiritual friend and companion to individuals who are longing to grow in God’s love and grace through Christ Jesus.

Emily is a graduate of Whitman College and Princeton Theological Seminary. She served as an associate pastor for PC(USA) congregations in Bellevue, WA, Maumee, OH, and Shoreline, WA, for 11 years. Over the course of 9 months while in Ohio, Emily completed the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, which was very formative. She currently is a student in the Renovare Institute, a 2-year certification program that involves reading a lot of Dallas Willard and Richard Foster and engaging in monthly prayer practices to help grow in Christlikeness. Some of the best spiritual mentors in Emily’s life have been mediated through books they wrote: Eugene Peterson, Henri Nouwen, Tish Harrison Warren, and Sharon Garlough Brown.

Emily enjoys reading, cooking, working out, hanging out with family and friends, drinking black tea, moss, mountains, and traveling to national parks. She is available for spiritual direction via Zoom or in person.