香蕉影视

Eric Massanari, MDiv

DMin Spiritual Formation Mentor

Cert. in Spiritual Direction, Sophia Center, Mt. St. Scholastica, Atchison, KS, 2008
M.Div., Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO, 1999
B.A., Goshen College, Goshen, IN, 1991
 

About Eric

Eric Massanari serves as the executive conference minister for the of Mennonite Church USA. He is also a trained spiritual director and for the last seven years has served on the Board of Directors for Spiritual Directors International (SDI). Eric lives in Bellingham, Washington, with his wife, Yolanda Kauffman, and he actively participates in the and Bellingham, Washington, congregations.

Why I am at 香蕉影视

I value the learning and formation that happens in the context of seminary and theological studies. Though our formation as ministry leaders happens in myriad contexts and constellations of relationships, a quality seminary education is invaluable, particularly when the learning happens in a manner that is integrative, collaborative and contextual. I celebrate the ways in which this finds expression at 香蕉影视, and I am grateful to be a small part of it.

Publications

  • 鈥淵ou Are So Alive!,鈥� Anabaptist World, Volume 3:8, 2022.
  • 鈥淧resence That is Never Lost or Forgotten,鈥� Connections, an online publication of Spiritual Directors International, Volume 27:4, 2018.
  • 鈥淯苍惫别颈濒别诲,鈥� Bearings Journal, a publication of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Autumn 2016.
  • 鈥淧racticing Presence: Recognizing God鈥檚 Spirit Within and Among Us,鈥� Leader Magazine of Mennonite Church USA, Fall 2016.
  • 鈥淏irthnight: A Song of Nicodemus鈥� (poem), Desert Call: Contemplative Christianity and Vital Culture, Spiritual Life Institute, Inc., Spring 2016.
  • 鈥淚n Ordinary Time with Extraordinary Love,鈥� Bearings Online, Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, October 8, 2015.
  • 鈥淭his Holy Mess: Attending to the Spirit in Our Common Life,鈥� Leader Magazine of Mennonite Church USA, Fall 2014.
  • Contributing author in An Open Place: The Ministry of Group Spiritual Direction, Marlene Kropf & Daniel Schrock, editors. New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2012.
  • Contributing author in Called Together to be Peacemakers: Report on the International Dialog between the Catholic Church and Mennonite World Conference 1998-2003, Willard Roth and Gerald W. Schlabach, editors. Kitchener, ON: Pandora Press, 2005.

Memberships and associations

  • Mennonite Spiritual Directors Network (MSDN) 鈥搈ember and former steering committee member
  • Spiritual Directors International (SDI) 鈥� member, former chairperson and outgoing member of the SDI Board of Directors, and member of the SDI Wisdom Council.
  • Constituency Leaders Council (CLC) of Mennonite Church USA (2023鈥損resent)