spiritual direction for families navigating faith and disability
I provide spiritual direction for parents, siblings, and caregivers in the disability community so they can find restoration, healing, and peace.
FIND RESTORATION, HEALING, AND PEACE.
Caring for and loving someone with a disability can quickly lead to burn out, frustration, and isolation. As someone who grew up with a brother who has significant cognitive and physical disabilities, and now as a mother to a child with Down syndrome, I know all of these things and more intimately. It was my own education and experience in Spiritual Direction with my director that lead me to a deeper connection with God, healing from wounds and true restoration with the Lord.
Step 1:
Schedule a FREE consultation
Step 2:
Meet once a month focusing on your relationship with the Lord
Step 3:
Find restoration, healing, and peace
FIND HEALING, PEACE, AND RESTORATION
BEING A SISTER AND MOTHER
These roles have shaped me. I had to grow up quickly–too quickly. I struggled a lot between loving my brother and feeling invisible. It was my decision to become a co-guardian of my brother later in my teens, but I still desired my own life, my own identity. I earned my BA in Communication Studies with a minor in Theatre and went on to get my Master of Divinity and Certification in Spiritual Direction. While working on my Doctorate of Ministry with my dissertation being on Disability in Scripture, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter who was later diagnosed with Down syndrome. I had a hard shell, as most of us do in this community, and prided myself on being self sufficient and fiercly protective of my brother and my daughter. What I discovered in my walk with my Spiritual Director was that my hard shell was keeping me from deeper intimacy with the Lord which kept me from healing, peace, and restoration. Now, I want to extend that healing, peace, and restoration to all those who have had the same life experience as me.
SERVICES
ONE-ON-ONE SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Individual meeting with a spiritual director and God
In one-on-one spiritual direction, you enter into a covenant with yourself, a spiritual director, and God. This is a space of vulnerability with the Holy Spirit, listening, spiritual practices and more…
GROUP SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
2-3 individuals meet with a spiritual director and God
In group spiritual direction, you enter into a covenant with a small group of individuals, a spiritual director, and God. You all take turns engaging in holy listening, asking beautiful questions, and more…
RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS
Stepping outside of your typical space for learning and intimacy with God
A retreat provides an opportunity to leave your day-to-day space and enter into a set aside location for you and God. This space is specifically for rest, spiritual practices, including workshops and more…
ARE YOU A CHURCH LEADER?
Learn about disability sensitivity and ministry training for your small group, church, and congregation.
SAMANTHA M RAUH
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES NAVIGATING FAITH AND DISABILITY
I provide spiritual direction for parents, siblings, and caregivers in the disability community so they can find restoration, healing, and peace.