Rev. Dale Suggs
City: San Diego
State: CA - California
Languages: English
Personalized Affiliation: Christianity
Spiritual Spheres: Christianity, Interfaith, Spiritual but Not Religious
Affinity Groups:
Category: Spiritual Director, Spiritual Companion, Chaplain
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 858-692-5418
Website: http://belovedcompassionnetwork.org
Focus Area: Codependency, Corporate/Workplace, Couples/Families, Dying/Sick/Hospice, Education, Grief and Loss, Group Spiritual Direction, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health/Depression, Mindfulness/Meditation
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Profile: I have been a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for 36 years, and I have been a Spiritual Director for 16 years receiving my Graduate Certificate from the University of San Diego in 2007. Much of my spiritual direction experience has been working with other Pastors and with Candidates for Ordination. But I have also worked with a variety of non-clergy directees. I primarily offer Spiritual Direction via Zoom, but I do offer limited appointments for in-person Spiritual Direction in the San Diego area. I am the Founding Pastor of BELOVED Way (Disciples of Christ) headquartered in San Diego, California . . . a compassionate community organized around teaching and healing ministries. (belovedway.org). I left ministry in the "established church" in 2018 in order to birth an alternative way of being Christian community. BELOVED Way does not have a building, and we host mini-retreats rather than worship services. We gather in-person and online (via Zoom). And all of our gatherings feature personal stories, honest conversation, spiritual practice, small group sharing, and a place for anyone and everyone around the Lord's Table. I also am the Founding Director of BELOVED Compassion Network . . . an educational nonprofit providing compassion training/equipping for individuals, teams, and organizations (belovedcompassionnetwork.org). While we offer a wide variety of workshops and courses (such as "Grieving Is Healing" and "Racial Resilience"), our core teaching is the Compassion Practice -- a series of teachings and contemplative practices that cultivate compassion for self and others. The end point of all we do is to discern concrete compassionate actions we can take to ease suffering and promote flourishing. I have been married to Shelly Jones Suggs for 40 years. We have four adult daughters and four beautiful girls who call me “Granddad!”
