About Teresa Blythe

Teresa Blythe is an ordained United Church of Christ (UCC) minister, working in spiritual direction and discernment coaching with individuals, groups, and organizations since 1997. She founded the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction at First UCC Phoenix in 2015 and began the Apprentice Training Program for aspiring spiritual directors in November of 2019. Teresa graduated from San Francisco Theological Seminary with an M.Div. and Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction in 2000. She has authored 50 Ways to Pray (Abingdon Press), Spiritual Direction 101: The Basics of Spiritual Guidance (Apocryphile Press), and is co-author of a book about communal discernment, Incline Your Ear: Cultivating Spiritual Awareness in Congregations (Fortress Press). Teresa lives inPhoenix, AZ and is connected to First UCC Phoenix.