Amy is co-director of the Heart Longings: An Invitation to the Contemplative Path program. Amy came to Shalem as a participant in the Spiritual Guidance Program. Amy has an M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary and Degree in Anglican Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. A lifelong learner and follower of the Holy Spirit’s leading, Amy has followed the Spirit’s prompting first as an ordained Episcopal Priest and now as a Spiritual Director and Co-Director of the Heart Longings program. Amy is the mother of two young children and knows well the challenges and joys of nurturing the contemplative call in the midst of the sometimes chaotic but always sacred, ordinary life.