Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizational Leadership Spiritual Formation Cohort
This is a two semester (Each semester can be done in or out of order) learning group for experienced business and organizational Leaders and spiritual directors who desire to become more familiar with the unique spiritual pilgrimage experience of those whose vocation is in business.
Time & Location
Date and time is TBD
Online via Zoom: Links to be provided
About
Many with vocational callings in the business and organizational leadership world feel unsure of how they fit into the broader redemptive story of Christ. Most have at times, received messages ranging from business is evil to your business exists to fund mission projects. We believe there is a far more holistic, redemptive and dynamic calling for those in business. The journey of the business person, when lived in the Spirit, proves to be a transformative experience for the individual, for colleagues, and all others touched by the business ecosystem.
For this reason, business and organizational leaders benefit from specialized discipleship that exposes them to a rich and practical theology that allows them to best interpret the movements of God on their spiritual journey. Spiritual directors best serve this demographic when exposed to and aware of this particular pilgrimage. This cohort equips directors with some of the basic foundations of this pilgrimage: exploring a theology of economics, introducing them to key business vocabulary and concepts, helping them connect the dots between contemporary models of business leadership formation and classical models of spiritual formation. Two tracks of this cohort are available, one for business and organizational leaders and the other for spiritual directors seeking to grow in their capacities to journey well with others with this unique calling.
Overview: Practicum Track
One 1.5 hour monthly Zoom meeting for instruction (dates and times listed below)
One (you may opt for more) practice directee (either you can provide directee or we can help you find)
Additional supervision meeting/ month. Multiple times offered each month.
Required reading (roughly one book per month)
Overview: Business and Organizational Leadership Track
One 1.5 hour monthly Zoom meeting for instruction (dates and times listed below)
Up to 3 1:1 spiritual direction sessions per semester with a Nuos Associate Director
Required reading (roughly one book per month)
Supervision and Instruction Meeting Dates for Spring 2026
Thursdays from 5pm PT-6:30PM
2026
January 22
February 19
March 19
April 16
May 21
Cost
$875/Semester
$1575 for Spring and Winter 2026 Semesters
About the Instructor
Julie Barrios
Spiritual direction is my primary craft. I hold an MA from the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Talbot School of Theology and a certificate in Ignatian Spiritual Formation from the Loyola Institute . In 2006 I began a year long supervisors apprenticeship with the Institute for Spiritual Formation and trained directors there until I moved to San Francisco in 2013 to take the role as Minister of Spiritual Formation at Reality SF. There I built and oversaw our lay pastoral care ministry, designed with an emphasis in the spiritual direction modality. I currently specialize in spiritual direction and consulting with founders and C-suite executives.