Hello there.

I’m Renee, and I’m honored and humbled that you’re here with me at Curating4Connection. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 19 years, and we have 2 boys (so far) and are also a Safe Family for Children.

I have been on a journey of faith for about 30 years now since early adulthood and am hoping to offer what little wisdom I’ve gathered along the way by God’s grace.

I graduated from seminary with a Masters in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care in 2011 after resigning as a high school teacher and head volleyball coach. While in the program we were encouraged not to have a mentality of attempting to master the Word of God but to be mastered by it.  The program was the gospel for Christians (as one of my directors put it).  It was an incredible opportunity that God has used to mark my faith forever.  I felt known and loved in the deepest places –  connected and seen and pursued.   Since then, with the help of the Holy Spirit, I have postured myself into willing submission, seeking to walk in step with Him and truly abide in the Vine, looking for Him in both the mundane and the extraordinary.  

I received training to be a Spiritual Director, which means I’ve had hours and days (and now years) of practicing the art of listening and discernment. I don’t have magic powers – just skills to sit with others and listen to God with them and on their behalf. Before, during, and after every session I am completely and utterly dependent on the Holy Spirit to ultimately direct while we follow His lead and desire to respond in faithfulness and obedience. 

In addition to my slight obsession with finding God in all things, I also love (like really love) the following:

travel, travel planning, 90’s Hip-Hop + R&B, Motown + Soul, B&Bs, Johnnyswim, friendships, going on walks, picnics, dancing, This Is Us, fresh squeezed orange juice, listening to vinyls on my record player, talking and learning about racial and social justice, adoption and foster care and all the messiness that leaning into broken and imperfect systems brings (God uses and is in it all), and Christmas.

I’m thankful you’re here, and I look forward to journeying with you.

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