Sparrow Soul Care
Trauma-informed, Biblically Grounded Spiritual Direction with Crystal McGowen
welcome
My name is Crystal McGowen and I am a trauma-informed Spiritual Director and Christian Counselor based in Portland, Oregon.
If you are at all here, you may have grown up in church and have a head knowlege of God's love. But, somewhere along the way, life got messy and the questions, doubts, and fears of the heart became harder and harder to ignore. Maybe those thoughts made you doubt your faith, or your ability to attend church, or even your relationship with God. I believe that wrestling with these kinds of questions and listening to your doubts is exactly where God wants to meet you and where your faith will grow.
It's my pleasure to walk with men and women on a journey of inner healing and wholeness as they embrace what it truly means to live from a place of connection and trust with God.
More about Crystal
on spiritual direction
Spiritual direction is “help given by one Christian to another which enables that person to pay attention to God’s personal communication to him or her, to respond to this personally communicating God, to grow in intimacy with this God, and to live out the consequences of the relationship."
William A. Barry and William J. Connolly, The Practice of Spiritual Directiongoing deeper
spiritual growth
Deepen your spiritual formation by engaging in various spiritual practices, both new and old.
inner healing
Navigate freedom from places you've felt stuck, walk in forgiveness, and experience greater freedom.
discernment
Grow in your ability to listen to yourself and to God as you navigate life's decisions and transitions.