Tending the Holy Graduate 2015

Casey Tygrett is an author, pastor and spiritual director. He has been involved in the work of spiritual formation for nearly 25 years. Through various positions in churches, seminaries, and para-church organizations, Casey’s work in writing and speaking have aligned to create content that is wise and helpful for the journey of life and faith. Casey earned his Master of Divinity degree and Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Formation degrees from Lincoln Christian Seminary (Lincoln, IL). He completed Christos’s Tending the Holy spiritual direction training program in 2015, and since then has provided spiritual direction to individuals both privately and as the Director of Spiritual Direction at Soul Care.

He is the author of two books, Becoming Curious: A Spiritual Practice of Asking Questions and As I Recall: Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life.  Casey is also the host of the podcast Restlessness Is A Gift, where he explores how we can find the Divine in unsettled seasons. He lives outside Chicago. caseytygrett.com

Click here for a blog post about Casey’s most recent book.

Q: How did you find Christos?

CT: I met with a spiritual director at a point in my own ministry at a local church. I'd been at this church for about five years and was starting to ask some vocational questions, and a friend of mine recommended a spiritual director. So I met with that person and when I was driving home, I thought about the spiritual direction practices I had just experienced and thought, I already do this with people. I don't do it well because I don't know how, but I have these kind of conversations and maybe this is something I need to pursue. So then I began looking for places to be trained and I found that Christos had a Chicago location in Wheaton. It was a wonderful cohort, about 20 people, with so many different traditions and people represented.