The Reverend Kathie Nycklemoe serves as a spiritual director through the Benedictine Center of Saint Paul’s Monastery in Saint Paul, MN, among other places. She has served in public ministry since 1989, and as a pastor since 1995. Her training in contemplative practices began at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Baltimore, MD, under the direction of Tilden Edwards and Gerald May, and she received her training to be a spiritual director from the Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse, WI. She serves at St. Stephen’s Lutheran in Bloomington, MN as pastor as well as retreat leader for clergy and laity. She also serves as a clergy coach through the Fairview Clergy Health Center and as a mentor with Sacred Ground Center for Spirituality, and co-leader of the Going Deeper: Clergy Spiritual Life and Leadership program at the Shalem Institute.