Russell Bartlett
I have been involved with Tabor’s Graduate Diploma in Spiritual
Direction since its inception in 2016, having headed up the
program for a while and now fully involved as an Adjunct
Lecturer.
Prior to this I was involved with the Baptist denomination for
over 16 years in teaching and pastoral roles, and before that I
was a local church Baptist pastor for 20
years. I have been receiving spiritual direction
for over 20 years, and through all of 2003-2004 trained in
Adelaide to be a spiritual director. I co-taught in an ecumenical
spiritual direction course in Adelaide through 2011-2015.
I’m married to Anne, have four children and ten
grand-children. We enjoy growing fruit, vegetables and flowers,
for savouring and sharing. I’m very much
looking forward to further exploring development as spiritual
directors with you this semester, as we keep on growing in our
understanding and experience of spiritual direction and in
discernment of this particular charism of ministry in our
lives.
Aaron Chalmers
Phone: 08 8373 8777
Aaron is the head of the School of Ministry, Theology and Culture at Tabor Adelaide. He lectures in the fields of Old Testament, biblical interpretation, and Hebrew. He is married with four children (including twins), enjoys writing, and supports Port Adelaide Power (please don't hold this against him...)
Christine Gilbert
I am a spiritual director, supervisor of spiritual directors and
ministers and a Uniting Church minister. I have a passion for
companioning others one-on-one and in small groups as we explore
what we sense God is on about in our lives and in the world. I
enjoy reading, writing, bike riding, walking, boxing (I know,
surprising), singing, flute playing and cups of tea in whatever
patch of sun I can find. I followed my heart from Michigan in the
US to Australia in 2011 to marry Sean, also a Uniting Church
minister and lecturer at the Uniting College. We have a beautiful
blended family who never cease to amaze us as they grow and
flourish.
Bruce Hulme
Zoom Room: https://tabor-edu-au.zoom.us/my/bhulme
I had over 10 years of experience in lay ministry in Lutheran
congregations (Canberra and Adelaide) before studying my BTh and
Grad Dip Min at Tabor. I joined the Ministry Practice Faculty in
2008, and am currently the Head of the Spiritual Direction and
Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care programs. I have a keen interest in
Christian spirituality, formation and Christian reflective
practice. I enjoy leading spiritual retreats and practicing as a
spiritual director. My personal passion for reflective practice
that contemplates and cultivates holistic Christian formation was
the focus of my PhD research, and I’m keen to help students do this
too. My approach to learning and teaching is founded upon the
potency of vulnerability in the educator-student encounter; my hope
is that students engage with not only what I know, but also with
who I am. I love life in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide with
Sonia and our five children, and enjoy connecting with creation
through gardening, camping, and trips home to the family farm in
NSW where I grew up. My faith communities include Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Para Vista, and a small but growing local house
church network. Rachael Litchfield
Dr. Rachael Litchfield is a supervisor in Tabor's Spiritual
Direction Formation Program and adjunct lecturer (Faculty of Ministry
Practice). Rachael has a long experience in cross-cultural
mission in SE Asia and Australia and continues to serve as a
mission partner with Interserve focussing on offering spiritual
direction and retreats for mission workers. She is married
to Scott who is a Uniting Church minister and has two adult sons
and a daughter in law.