My journey to becoming a spiritual director....

Teresa  is shaped by the teachings of Richard Rohr, Thomas Keating, Cynthia  Bourgeault, James Finley, Ilia Delio, and the Monks at St. John’s Abbey  where she has been an Oblate since 1996. 

Teresa  practices as Christian contemplative.  She follows the way of Jesus and  practices primarily through Centering Prayer.  Teresa has practiced the  lay contemplative life for over 40 years, through the seasons of youth,  working life, marriage, divorce, death, depression and uplift, and both  nearness of God and spiritual dryness in her life with God.  

Teresa’s  first teachers in the contemplative life were Spiritual Director Sister  Ellen Stephen, OSH and Father Thomas Keating O.C.S.O.  It is her joy to  hold a safe space for others to talk about how God is moving in life.   She has been a regular Al-Anon attender for several years and finds  the12-step program to be one of the great contemporary spiritual  movements. 

Teresa  is a graduate of the Tending the Holy Spiritual Direction program at  Christos in Minneapolis.  She is a cradle Episcopalian, and the Book of  Common Prayer is written on her bones.  In her small Minnesota town, she  has worshiped with Emmaus Church since 2003 where she is gifted with a  community that ranges from liberal to conservative.  Teresa loves the  monastic and Episcopalian liturgy and is spiritually curious, which  makes spiritual direction an ideal vocation.  

You can find more of her writing by following the blog here, and her substack here.

For private or group spiritual direction sessions, you can sign up for a free introductory session here or email her at teresa.m.tillson@gmail.com

She sees clients online and in person in Northfield, MN. Teresa is a referral partner for spiritual direction with the Franciscan Sisters of Rochester MN, listed on Episcopal Spiritual Direction of MN, and the Christos Spiritual Director Directory