Caroline Martin

Spiritual Director

I was born (all bios must begin this way?) in the small town of Georgetown, Ky. As a daughter of the manse (Presbyterian for parsonage and indication that my father was a clergyman) I moved often during my childhood. I graduated from Princeton, High School, in Princeton, W. Va. My husband of 40 years also graduated from PHS. I attended Wooster College, and graduated with from Western Ky. Univ. with a degree in mathematics and history. My master's degree in American History is from the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I taught in the secondary schools of RISD for twenty plus years, many at Pearce HS. Following my retirement I completed the certificate in Spiritual Formation offered by Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Bill, my husband, graduated from Va. Tech and worked until retirement for TI as a mechanical engineer. We have one daughter, presently working in a physics post-doctoral position in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2004 St. Barnabas commissioned me as a spiritual director. Spiritual direction is an ancient discipline that is now being rediscovered by those who seek a deeper walk with their God. Direction offers an opportunity to discern where God is involved in our lives and to be more intentional about our life with the Divine. Work to renew, recover, and reinvent the disciplines of the spiritual life, to make them a part of our lives, and to enable us to become more effective messengers of the coming and present kingdom of God, are the other ingredients of my job. I welcome the opportunity to be with any who wish to follow these paths. I am enjoying my retirement years with time for travel with my daughter, time to read what I want, time to enjoy my husband, and time for this work.