• Susan Marie

    • Susan Marie is an Associate in the Shalem Spiritual Guidance Program, class of 25 and provides spiritual guidance with the Multnomah Friends Meeting (Quakers) in Portland, Oregon.  She can be contacted at ssnmarie@gmail.com.

Surprised by Joy

Recently a fellow spiritual guide described her surprise and delight at the joy she experiences meeting with directees. I’m not sure why, but I was taken aback. Because I experience it too- I just hadn’t expected it. When I thought about it, remembering the pursed lip smile of my spiritual director as he slightly nodded […]

October 10, 2025 by Susan Marie

God Math

One of the precious jewels of the Spiritual Guidance Program is learning to more clearly discern God’s calling to ever-more-deeply rest in Love – a Love that is always more trustworthy, more wonderfully surprising, and more intimately present than I expect. And it’s those unseen expectations that can trip me up, and perhaps you too. […]

October 10, 2024 by Susan Marie 3 Comments