Our Team of Spiritual Directors
Bryan Hehr
Bryan's driving passion is to see others grow deeper in Christ and is captivated by the reality that there is more of Christ and his love than we can possibly experience in this life.
With nearly two decades of ministry experience across churches, parachurch organizations, and denominations, Bryan knows the deep need for ministry leaders to tend to their own souls. He realized that he's been serving as a spiritual director long before he ever received training. Alongside his wife, Rachel (whom he met while working on his Masters in Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary), he trained with Sustainable Faith in both spiritual direction and supervision, and he is currently finishing a Doctorate of Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary.
Ignatian spirituality has become a great gift to Bryan's own journey of faith, and he is honored to walk alongside fellow pilgrims in the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. Bryan and Rachel founded CURATE Ministries, where they serve together with a team of friends devoted to coming alongside leaders, teams, and married couples as they seek a deeper life in Christ. They live in Colorado Springs, CO with their two young daughters, Eva and Lyla.
Bryan’s Offerings:
Individual spiritual direction (in-person and online)
Couples spiritual direction
Companioning through the Ignatian Exercises
Supervision of spiritual directors
Time zone: Mountain
Lauri Dennis
Hey, there! I’m Lauri Dennis, a Spiritual Director, Supervisor, and Ignatian pilgrim.
Before becoming a certified spiritual director through Sustainable Faith, I journeyed with missionaries, special needs students, and at-risk adults in my career and through volunteering. My heart is for those on ‘the fringes’ to know and embrace their identity as the Beloved. I have been miraculously healed of various medical calamities shaping my faith and ideas of the Divine.
I continue to grow into a gentle, welcoming soul with a joyfully creative and child-like spirit primarily through spiritual practices. One of my favorite things is walking with those who long to know Abba’s immense love, beauty, and grace more completely. Listening is a cherished honor and I long to do it with compassion and empathy. My journey through the Ignatian Exercises transformed my life in such a way that I was trained in leading others through them. Some of my favorite times in direction have happened during the short and long versions of the Exercises. Having also been trained in Supervision of Spiritual Directors, I highly value walking with others in this discipline as well.
My husband, Kenny, and I live in Houston, Texas. Together we have led worship, small groups, a small mountain church, and participated in prayer ministries in various church and ministry settings throughout our 30-year marriage. I am blessed with 3 amazing step sons, 2 beautiful daughters-in-law and 2 grandchildren. I enjoy spending time in God’s creation, time with others, reading, singing, painting and dancing!
I offer spiritual direction, lead fellow pilgrims through the Ignatian Exercises, and offer supervision to fellow spiritual directors.
Lauri’s Offerings:
Individual spiritual direction
Couples spiritual direction
Companioning through the Ignatian Exercises
Supervision of spiritual directors
Time zone: Central
EUN JOO LECH has experienced spiritual direction to be pure grace. She relishes her role of accompanying everyday people (from all stages and walks of life) into the loving and generative welcome of the Holy Spirit through compassionate listening. She believes that regularly carving out time in your life for self-care can encourage, restore, and illuminate your unique journey.
At the crossroads of every transition, questions about our identity surface. Eun is a Korean immigrant and mother of five bi-racial children (ranging from adult to single digits). Her lived experience and her studies make her knowledgeable and adept at helping others navigate the unique challenges and gifts that arise with having a second and third culture identity. She finds deep joy in sitting with those in transitional seasons, whether as a young adult, new parent, empty nester, mid-lifer, or a seasoned soul entering into their golden years. Her admonishment is to approach critical times of change as sacred invitations for opening your schedule, mind, and heart to perceive the new and ongoing activity of the Spirit in your life.
Along with her spiritual direction training completed through Sustainable Faith, Eun has a B.A. in Ethnic Studies from UCSD. She is in the final steps of being certified as a life coach through International Coaching Federation (ICF).
In addition to individual direction sessions, she has led a variety of cross-cultural, faith-oriented and spiritually-seeking small groups with a diverse mix of people and opinions. She has been an educator for 15 years and has led an after school tutoring program for students of immigrant parents focusing on mentorship, academic support, and spiritual care. She is obsessed with all things dirt and growing as an avid gardener, a slow runner, a curious world-traveler, and is most enamored with her Polish-American husband of 27 years and her continually growing family members who morph into giant human beings as they grow in age.
Eun’s Offerings:
Individual spiritual direction (In-person and online)
Couples spiritual direction
Companioning through the Ignatian Exercises
Time zone: Pacific
Hans Labor
Hans is a spiritual companion who felt called to ministry early in life and earned his Bachelors in Christian Ministry at Hope International University. For over twenty years, Hans served as a Family Ministry Pastor in Southern California and Virginia. Originally from San Diego, Hans has called Fredericksburg his home since 2015. Now he has the privilege of leading a small group and a men’s discipleship group at a new church plant.
His cross-cultural background as a Filipino growing up in Germany has stirred a curiosity for discovering the experiences that shape our current narratives. Hans sees spiritual direction as an invitation to attentive listening, walking alongside others with a gentle presence and noticing the Holy Spirit’s movements in our lives. He is passionate about helping people deepen their relationship with God as they navigate life-changing moments, transitions, and daily life.
Hans and his wife, Jen, love raising their two elementary-age boys, visiting with family, and building LEGOs while watching Star Wars. Hans would be honored to provide a safe and compassionate space to explore your spiritual journey.
Hans’s Offerings:
Individual spiritual direction (In-person and online)
Time zone: Eastern
Rachel Hehr
God has used spiritual direction in such profound, unexpected ways in Rachel's life. Tending to others' souls, their experience of God, and listening for God's movement and graces in their lives is truly holy ground.
Rachel has spent the last 20 years serving in various ministry opportunities, from Young Life to missions to church and parachurch settings. She received her Masters in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she met her husband Bryan. They attended spiritual direction training as well as supervision training together (a rare gift!) through Sustainable Faith while living in Northern California, then made their way back to Colorado as they started their family in 2020. Since then, they've served through CURATE Ministries, which they founded in 2018 as a way to come alongside ministry leaders, teams, married couples, and anyone who is longing for a deeper soul-life in Christ. Rachel, Bryan, and their two girls live in Colorado Springs, CO.
Rachel’s Offerings:
Individual spiritual direction (in-person and online)
Couples spiritual direction
Companioning through the Ignatian Exercises
Supervision of spiritual directors
Time zone: Mountain
