Spiritual Direction

Reverend Art Going is the recently retired Canon For Spiritual Health of the Diocese of Christ Our Hope, where his ministry focused on leadership development, liturgy, and the spiritual health of clergy and parishes. He will continue ministry as a teacher, spiritual director, coach, and mentor. Art was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1981, as an Anglican priest in 2010. He has served as parish pastor and church planter in Germany, Chicago, Augusta, St. Louis, St. Paul, Plano, and Louisville. Art is currently enrolled in Selah, the spiritual direction program of the Leadership Transformation Inc., graduating in the spring of 2024.

Through four decades of diverse ministry in a variety of settings, a common thread has been a passion to help others grow their capacity to listen deeply and prayerfully to God, introducing them to spiritual practices such as lectio divina, centering prayer, silence, and solitude.

Art has been married for 42 years to Dr. Nancy Going; they live in Nashville and have two adult children and six grandchildren and are members of Luminous Parish.

Bekah is passionate about offering a safe, hospitable space to attune to the truth of God, the humanity of Jesus and the mystery of the Spirit. She is a certified Spiritual Director through Sustainable Faith, School of Spiritual Direction and completed the 19th Annotation, an 8-month Ignatius “retreat in daily life” program where she fell in love with the down-home humility of Jesus. In 2017, she founded Pasture Experience, rooted in Psalm 23, where she offers spiritual direction, holistic retreats, and poetry and ponderings. Bekah has a heart for those who are feeling stirred toward the balance of contemplative action and honest expressions but are not sure where to begin. Empowering brave souls to experience intimacy with God through connection, contemplation and creativity is her heartbeat. Bekah is honored to serve on Luminous staff as Spiritual Director, making formational practices approachable and accessible for all.

Bekah also brings her experience as a Grief Recovery Method Specialist and holds space for directees through the lens of attachment. She is currently in grad school at Trevecca Nazarene University to become a licensed marriage and family therapist to integrate therapy and spiritual formation into her practice. Grace and space is her mantra.

Bryan is passionate about walking WITH people as they encounter and reimagine their journey with God. He desires to provide people with a heart of hospitality while helping them feel seen and known. Bryan is a former pastor of 15+ years and currently works at GraceWorks Ministry as the Director of Neighbor Services, where he oversees the distribution of critical financial and physical services for people with emergency needs.

He is a certified Spiritual Director through Sustainable Faith, School of Spiritual Direction. Bryan finds faith, hope, and love in the Father by spending time with his family, being outdoors, enjoying a good meal and drink with friends, listening to music, exploring various mediums of art, and cooking flavor-forward fare.

Stacey attended The Soul Shepherding Institute in California, where she received training in spiritual formation, soul care, and spiritual direction. She was drawn to this work as she felt a nudge by the Holy Spirit to pursue a deeper, richer and fuller connection with God. Stacey is honored to sit with directees, alongside the Holy spirit as a listening, curious and attuned companion to see how God is moving and speaking. She believes the Trinity is a loving, present and redemptive force in our stories, and often we need help connecting to His transforming work both in the past and present.

Stacey approaches spiritual direction with a heart for greater attachment to God, spiritual practices, stages of faith, healing prayer and hearing God, dream exploration, relationships and children, empathy and listening skills in relationships, heaviness of anxiety and depression, wilderness and grief seasons, and the enneagram.

Stacey enjoys reading, yoga, travel, cooking and having meaningful conversations over delicious coffee or a glass of wine. Her greatest joys are spending time with her husband, her three adult children, three grandsons and last but not least, Ruby, her spicy Australian Shepherd.

As a trauma-informed practitioner, Vanesa approaches client sessions with the understanding that our styles of relating with God, ourselves and others were not formed in a vacuum. Our formative years and stories shape who we are today and are worth exploring with curiosity and kindness.

Vanessa is a certified Spiritual Director with an emphasis in Ignation Spirituality, and a certified enneagram teacher. She has also completed extensive training in Narrative Focused Trauma Care through The Allender Center, located within The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology where she is currently a Fellow.