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Ryan Bradley La Habra, CA

Ryan Bradley graduated summa cum laude from Whittier College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double-major in English and in Religious Studies. He completed both a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics and a Master of Arts degree in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Talbot School of Theology, both with highest honors. While at Talbot, he also served as president of the Talbot Associated Students. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies, focusing in the field of spirituality, at the Catholic University of America. His broad interests include the historical development of Christian spirituality, close reading of classic texts, and the contemporary field of spiritual theology.

Ryan served as an adjunct professor at Biola University. While there, he taught courses in formation at the graduate level and courses in ethics at the undergraduate level.

Ryan has been offering spiritual direction for individuals, groups, and retreats for the past 6 years and served as a staff spiritual director for the Institute for Spiritual Formation. He has taught in the area of spiritual formation in both church and conference settings. He has been active in numerous church ministries as a volunteer, intern, and staff member.

Ben Burkholder Wexford, PA

Having grown up in rural Pennsylvania, Ben has always enjoyed the outdoors for its manifold opportunities for recreation and for its manifestation of the fingerprints of God. Starting in Bible College, Ben was plagued with an earnest desire to understand the nature of spiritual growth and to experience the nearness of God talked about by individuals like C.S. Lewis and John Piper. This hunger lead him to Biola University's Spiritual Formation program, which has proven formative for his understanding of the spiritual journey.

After graduating from the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University, Ben also continued on to further develop his understanding of spiritual life within the Bible and completed a Th.M. in New Testament at Biola University in 2009. At present, he is currently studying at Duquesne University, pursuing a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology, which will further develop and expand his understanding of spiritual growth. Ben has been married to his wife Jennifer for 7 years. Their daughter, Moriah, was born August 2010.

Matthew Green Toronto, ON

Matthew spent the first few decades of his life fairly unaware that there was more to him beyond what was inside his head. Through his time in grad school along with God bringing about various circumstances in his life, the Spirit began opening him up to the deeper waters of his heart. Since then, his desire has been for the people of the church to learn to open up to the depths of their own hearts in the presence of Christ and the Spirit within so that they may offer their real and whole selves to God in relationship.

Currently, Matthew is engaged in Ph.D. studies in theology and Christian spirituality at Toronto School of Theology and Regis College where he's primarily focused on psychology and theological anthropology. He hopes upon finishing to bring experiential and intentionally formative elements to seminary and Christian higher education. Previously, he received his MA in Spiritual Formation from Talbot School of Theology and also studied theology in the Midwest and electrical engineering at the University of Southern California. He occasionally mentors and counsels people through email and Skype. Matthew and Monica have been married since 2007.

Dr. Tom Kimber Brea, CA

Dr. Kimber, along with his wife, Sue, has ministered in the church in a variety of ways for more than 25 years through teaching, preaching, writing and mentoring. Tom and Sue served as missionaries in Asia for many years before returning to the U. S. in 2006. Tom holds both M. Div. and PhD degrees from Talbot School of Theology. He currently is an adjunct professor in the departments of Christian Ministry and Leadership, Biblical Studies, and the School of Intercultural Studies. Tom and Sue continue to minister globally to missionaries and train future missionaries in their home church, Grace Evangelical Free Church, in La Mirada, California. Tom and Sue have been married for more than 26 years and have one son, Thomas.

Genalin Niere Winthrop, MA

Genalin is a doctoral candidate at Wheaton College Graduate School (Illinois). She is currently completing her internship at the Danielsen Institute at Boston University, which specializes in depth psychotherapy informed by spiritual, religious, and existential perspectives. She completed her Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care in 2006 from Talbot School of Theology/BIOLA University.

She currently serves as a faculty member for Selah, a certificate program in spiritual direction. Genalin completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at California State University of Long Beach. With her training in nursing, spiritual direction and psychology, Genalin has a holistic and integrated view of persons. Her involvement with ECSW is a result of her heart for those who are in ministry, especially those who are in leadership. Her desire is to use her training to help others live and serve from a place of love and freedom.