Jeff Eddings

You don’t have to
journey alone.

Coaching & Contemplative Spirituality

Coach & Spiritual Guide

Rev. Jeff Eddings is the Spiritual Formation and Coaching Associate for 1001 New Worshiping Communities of the PCUSA. He was co-founder of Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in Pittsburgh and has over 30 years of church leadership experience.

He is certified as an ACC ICF coach and Enneagram Coach with iEQ9. Jeff is also trained in contemplative spirituality through the Shalem Institute and is a spiritual director for The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

As a coach and spiritual guide Jeff’s core purpose is to help others know their own belovedness and discover how they are being invited to release love and goodness into the world. How we release that love and goodness is not so much about what we do as it is about who we are and how we show up in the world day after day. It is our being that informs our action. If you are interested in a journey of understanding who you are as well as what you are being invited to do then sign up for a free coaching session today!

Free Coaching Session

Get your first session with Jeff at no charge. Use this time to discuss goals and what coaching or the Ignatian spiritual exercises can do for you.

SIGNATURE PROGRAMS

Know Yourself

The Enneagram has emerged in popular culture in the last decade and has proven to be a tool for deep self discovery and inner awakening. Jeff is certified as an Integrative Enneagram Solutions coach. The iEQ9 Enneagram Test is one of the most highly developed enneagram tools around. After taking the test you will be coached for 3 sessions to explore the results and develop a deeper inner awareness of how you show up in the world.

Change your World

The Confronting Whiteness curriculum developed by Rev. Ben Boswell ‘offers people a new posture for addressing racial issues. Spiritual practices will help participants engage writings and films by Black authors and filmmakers and develop habits that confront and undermine the power of Whiteness.’ Jeff is a trained facilitator of this curriculum that is meant to be engaged in a group setting. You can enquire about joining a group Jeff is leading or gather a group yourself and contact Jeff about facilitation.

Quiet Your Mind

For 500 years the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius has provided space for participants to cultivate and develop their spiritual growth through contemplative exercises and imaginative engagement with the scriptures. Doing the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life is a 9 month transformational journey through the exercises. Jeff also offers 6 & 12 week groups that explore the exercises. This can be done as an individual or in a group setting.

Growing together.

Group Facilitation

Contemplative Retreats

Christian contemplation has a long history in the church dating back to Jesus, moving through the Desert Fathers & Mothers, to more recent explorations of contemplation by Richard Rohr, Barbara Holmes, Thomas Keating and others. Jeff has is certified in leading contemplative groups and retreats through the Shalem Institute and has years of experience in retreat leading.

Face to Face

As communities get back to more in person activities a retreat can be an experience that energizes that community drawing people into deeper communion with each other and with God. These retreats are filled with guided meditations and contemplative practices, as well as plenty of space for silence and solitude. One retreat for your community can be worth a whole year of weekly gatherings!

heart to heart

Virtual retreats can be done by local communities that are looking for options beyond the in person space, or by groups or ministries that are spread around the country and are looking for a way to connect their members for spiritual formation. These retreats can be just a few hours, a whole day, or 2 days in length. Retreats can include a virtual retreat box that will help facilitate the retreat space.

Unboxing the Virtual Retreat Box

This is an example of what you might find in a retreat box. This box was created for a virtual retreat about The Cloud of Unknowing that Jeff led for pastors and leaders in his role as Associate for Spiritual Formation in the 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement.