Tom Ashbrook

Dr. Tom Ashbrook has served as the co-founder and team leader for Church Resource Ministries’ (CRM) international spiritual formation ministry, The Order of Imago Christi for the past 15 years.  As a missionary with Imago Christi, Tom develops spiritual formation resources and coaches Christian leaders and churches to live and lead with a spiritual authority grounded in loving intimacy with Jesus.  He provides spiritual direction and coaching for pastors, churches, and missionaries in various parts of the world and teaches in spiritual formation discovery seminars and other spiritual formation settings. Before Imago Christi, he served as a Lutheran pastor for 26 years.

John DelHousaye

Dr. John DelHousaye joined the ministry team after teaching at Phoenix Seminary for twenty-one years. He serves as elder of spiritual formation at Redemption Church, Alhambra. He has authored several articles and books on spiritual disciplines and enjoys listening to God with soul friends and churches.

Dr. Ted Wueste

Dr. Ted Wueste is the Director of the SFSAZ. He is a pastor in Arizona. For the last 25 years, he has served in various ministry capacities with the last 20 years being in pastoral ministry. After serving as an associate pastor, Ted planted a church that he pastored for 9 years. Ted now serves as a Pastor of Spiritual Formation and enjoys a ministry of spiritual direction and teaching in the broader community and around the country. Finally, he teaches as an adjunct professor in the area of spiritual formation at Phoenix Seminary. You can reach Ted at [email protected] and learn more about his spiritual formation ministry at www.desertdirection.com.

Maureen Alianza

As a follower of Jesus for many years, I am endlessly amazed at His entrance into human life and am continually dazzled by the beauty of His Kingdom as it is experienced “at hand”.  Simply breathtaking.   Such a fascination has led me into working as a nurse in the world of mental health with interest, and special training, in the area of trauma.  My current work is among those experiencing homelessness in Phoenix, Arizona.  Other leadings include co-founding a non-profit organization in 2006 that works at deepening relationships with an indigenous tribal group in the Philippines as we watch Jesus “do His thing”.   I also recently completed a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Selah (Leadership Transformations).  And, with the belief of being “called” to a life lived in community, I have also participated and offered leadership for many years in a covenant community called Apprenticeship to Jesus (A2J) whose heart is to restore discipleship back to a way of life.

Kristen Blanford

Kristen has a deep love for people and for the Lord. She spent several years in full-time ministry with Young Life, and many more as a volunteer. For quite some time she has felt an invitation from the Lord to slow down, recognizing that this invitation is continual and graciously extended by the Lord, even when ignored. It is not accepted once for all but is a choice she is choosing to make daily. She desires to help others learn to do the same – to meet the Holy Spirit right where He is, where we sometimes have trouble seeing and hearing Him due to the constant chatter in and outside our busy minds.

Kristen resides in Scottsdale, AZ. She has been married for 25 years and has 3 wonderful children. She loves spending time outside, doing yoga, weekly family dinners and engaging with friends.

Renee Clark

Renee Clark serves as the Hospitality Coordinator for the SFSAZ. She enjoys creating warm and inviting spaces where others feel welcomed. She has a heart for nurturing others on their spiritual journey as a trained Spiritual Director and Enneagram coach with specialized training in body work, grief and trauma.

Art Guina

Spiritual Director, Retreat Leader: I completed training with the Hesychia School of Spiritual Direction in Tucson, AZ.  My academic training includes Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry. I’ve been on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ since 1977, having served in the Philippines and now based in Arizona. I personally prefer the term ‘spiritual companioning’ as I’m passionate about coming alongside others to, in the words of David Benner, “…help others attend to God’s presence and revelation and prepare to respond to him… thus helping people attune themselves to God.”  I’m available to meet in person or via Zoom video.

Email: [email protected]

LuAnn Roberson

LuAnn Roberson is our Associate for Spiritual Formation with the SFSAZ. She volunteers her time with us as a gift from her home base, Discover Hope, an outreach to leaders and learners through MSW ministries. She has tended to bodies and souls for many years as a trained Spiritual Director and a nurse specializing in trauma and the crisis of newly diagnosed cancer. She is familiar with those life-altering moments and desires to offer hope, direction and companionship. You can reach her at [email protected] or [email protected].