Nuos Professional Spiritual Formation Cohort

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.

*The fall semester focuses specifically on the inner world of the professional as it relates to the mostly unconscious and unexamined assumptions present in business organizational leadership.

Overview: Practicum Track (for spiritual directors)

• 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 (all professionals)

• One 1.5 hour monthly Zoom meeting for instruction (dates and times listed below)

• Two 1:1 spiritual direction sessions per semester with a Nuos Associate Director

• Required reading (roughly one book per month)

Instruction Meeting Dates for Fall 2026

Tuesdays from 5pm PT-6:30PM

September 8

October 13

November 10

December 8

Cost

$875/Semester

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.