Our Team
SoulStream Board of Directors
Kim Alexis* is an adventurous contemplative who relies on walking as a way of prayer, exercise, connection and integration. She also likes patios and picnics with in depth conversations with fellow SoulStreamers, friends and family. Art, labyrinths and bright colours are other interests. She is married to John Alexis. They have four adult children, five (soon to be 6) grandchildren and live in the very walkable Vancouver, BC.
Lois Amerding* lives in Tsawwassen BC. She enjoys reading, kayaking, swimming, snowshoeing and going someplace sunny and warm in January/February. Lois came to SoulStream through a SoulCare group and then Living from the Heart. She has been drawn to more books than she has time to read but is enjoying the personal and spiritual growth that books bring. She looks forward to more of life’s gifts (and struggles) as she lives into retirement.
Cat Anderson* lives as a settler on SḴŦAḴ (Mayne Island, BC) and respectfully acknowledges the island as part of the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the WSANEC, part of the Coast Salish peoples. Connecting to the natural world is a big part of her spiritual practise; she finds hiking the forested trails by the water’s edge around her and her husband’s home lifegiving. Longing to deepen her contemplative life, in 2016, Cat began to look for courses she could find that would expand and support her journey into God and self. An internet search led her to the SoulStream website and what she read resonated with love and truth. She registered for LFTH then subsequently, ASD, and upon completion, joined SoulStream in partnership in 2020.
Cat names two beautifully unexpected gifts when she began LFTH. The first was receiving spiritual direction, and the second was connection to the SoulStream community. The accompaniment of other contemplatives has enriched her life immensely. Cat enjoys both the quiet spaces of meditation, reading and writing, and the ruckus of family visits to their island home. She is a partner in REACH Trauma Response Consulting where she is privileged to provide End-of-Life-Care, and Critical Incident Stress Management and Spiritual Direction.
Mark Imbach*: It’s been a great privilege to not only grow up with my brothers Steve and Jeff but then to support them in their beautiful community called SoulStream. I trust in the nudge I felt from the Holy Trinity to come back on the board and I am looking forward to serving the Trinity and you all in whatever captivity I can.
Kathy Kiesser* is a Pastoral counselor, Spiritual Director, retired Pastor, wife to Jan, and ‘Nana’ to five wonderful grandchildren (that’s the important part!). Introduced to the practice of Spiritual direction over thirty years ago she pursued her questions about the faith journey at Regent College. Soon she discovered head knowledge does not always translate into heart knowledge. It was finding the SoulStream program that opened a rich and fuller growing into faith as God began to stitch her head and heart together. After completing an MDiv along-side her Spiritual directorship with SoulStream, this mid-life renaming journey evolved into a new position as pastor with the Tapestry Church in Richmond. When God’s life-giving love becomes the transformative focus of our living; we become free to accept our own brokenness and beauty as offerings to those who God puts us among. Her passion for making our invisible life-in-Christ more visible and accessible continues to grow hoping all can get a taste of the One who loves us best of all.
Never very good at sitting still; she loves a lazy stroll through a garage sale or Antique mart to find something to strip down and remake, reading a good children’s book before bed, gardening, cooking with-out doing dishes, and most of all playing with grandchildren.
Sue McKerracher* lives in beautiful Victoria, BC, where she worked as a high school outdoor education and world religions teacher for 30 years. In 2016, Sue was introduced to contemplative living and to the community of SoulStream – they were both a beautiful answer to her growing longing for a deeper, more holistic, and inclusive spirituality. She has completed both Living from the Heart and Art of Spiritual Direction and became a SoulStream partner in 2020.
Sue currently works as a high school counsellor and spiritual director. When she is not working, she loves to join her friends on motorcycle adventures, cycling trips, and wilderness backpacking excursions. She also delights in spending time with her dogs, working in her garden, and backyard patio parties with family and friends.
Maureen Miller* lives and plays in the Okanagan Valley. Making Kelowna her home, she raised her children, served in her home church leading women’s ministry, formation groups and served as an elder. She also had a most satisfying career as a laboratory technologist, for over 30 years until she noticed a restlessness that was not going away. She first heard of spiritual direction and SoulStream in 2004 while on a retreat. This sparked a curiosity in response to the restlessness and longing to know God in a deeper, contemplative way. Maureen went on to take Living From the Heart and Art of Spiritual Direction graduating in May 2014, when she also came on staff at her home church as Pastor of Spiritual Formation.
That same year Maureen became a SoulStream Partner and has served on the Leadership team as Continuing Spiritual Formation Initiative leader. She has co-facilitated SoulStream retreats and currently co-facilitates Living From the Heart.
SoulStream has and continues to provide a safe community and container for her as her own faith evolves. While on the board, Maureen hopes to hold SoulStream and its community with the same generosity while it continues to grow and evolve.
Maureen and her husband Don, have three grandchildren, to which they answer “Gammy and Gup.” Maureen likes to say she is semi-retired as she offers retreats, spiritual direction and peer supervision. She is curious, loves to learn and is grateful for Zoom with its ability to meet and broaden those to learn from. She likes to muck about on a canvas and on a sailboat. Having to retire her motorcycle days, sailing still offers the thrill and feel of the wind on her face.
*Denotes Volunteer
SoulStream Leadership Team
John Lunn** loves creating spaces for people to pause, reflect, and pay attention, so they might experience the love of God, be transformed, and grow. He has been privileged to pursue his vocation as spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and transitional pastor/consultant with churches and organizations.
John has served in a variety of roles in Northern California and the Lower Mainland, with nonprofits, churches, and provincial and federal governments. He holds a BA in Psychology and an MDiv from Regent College, and he received his spiritual direction training through SoulStream, became a SoulStream partner in 2017, and has previously been a member of the Board. John began serving as SoulStream’s Executive Director in January 2026 and is delighted to walk with this dispersed contemplative community.
When he isn’t practicing his vocation, you can find John in his garden; at the beach; in the woods or on a mountain; in, on, (and under) the water; or making time for good food, good films, and good friends.
Helen Spilsbury** is the administrator of SoulStream. She began her journey with SoulStream in this capacity in April of 2025. However, she has been a Partner for many years and SoulStream has been instrumental in keeping her from giving up hope and faith in a good God who is constantly moving towards her and embracing her with love. Helen took the Living from the Heart course just as her life was being refocused during a crisis. Her favourite word is “spacious” and she has found the reality of being able to live in and from this space where God lives. This has come through being actively engaged with a Spiritual Director and learning to practise the many contemplative prayer practices that lead her into this spacious, loving relationship with Jesus. Helen has three adult children who bring her deep joy. She loves to read, sit in the sun and travel.
Jeff Imbach* was the founding president of the Henri Nouwen Society of Canada and was one of the co-founders of SoulStream. He a long-time pastor in Calgary and has offered spiritual direction for thirty years. Jeff is the author of two books: The Recovery of Love: Christian Mysticism and the Addictive Society, and the award winning book, The River Within: Loving God, Living Passionately. He also edited Words of Hope and Healing: 99 Sayings by Henri Nouwen. Jeff completed an M.Div. He was personally mentored in spiritual direction by Sr. Nora Cummins, F.C.J. and Sr. Lily Quintos, R.C. Jeff continues to walk with others on their spiritual journey through the practice of spiritual direction along with working alongside the leadership team in giving leadership to SoulStream courses.
Lois Amerding* lives in Tsawwassen BC with her cat Gray Monk. She enjoys reading, kayaking, swimming, snowshoeing and going someplace sunny and warm in January/February.
Lois came to SoulStream through a SoulCare group and then Living from the Heart. She has been drawn to more books than she has time to read but is enjoying the personal and spiritual growth that books bring. She looks forward to more of life’s gifts (and struggles) as she lives into retirement.
Pam Ehlert* is the partner representative for SoulStream’s Partner Formation Initiative. Pam became a SoulStream partner after her time with the 2018-19 Living from the Heart cohort. She lives in Calgary and is grateful for the community and deep growth that Soulstream has brought to her life. After 40 plus years as a registered nurse, Pam retired in spring 2024 and is leaning into the new rhythms that this next chapter brings.
Pam comes alive when she is outside and her favorite activities include hiking, biking and kayaking. She recently discovered dragon boat racing. Pam is a budding artist and enjoys playing with paper, paints and pens. She is a credentialed SoulCollage® facilitator.
Pam loves spending time with good friends, her adult kids, and especially her little grand daughter, Penelope, who is proving to be her greatest spiritual teacher.
Esther Hizsa* lives in Vernon, B.C. with her husband, Fred. She has a Master of Divinity degree from Regent College and worked for over twenty years as an associate pastor for the United Church of Canada and the Reformed Church in America. She offers spiritual direction (trained through SoulStream), co-facilitates Living from the Heart (Lower Mainland) and SoulStream’s Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. She is the author of three books on her spiritual life and has posted weekly on her blog, An Everyday Pilgrim since 2013. Esther loves creating opportunities and spaces for people to experience God through her church, Trinity United in Vernon and SoulStream. She and Fred enjoy the outdoors and still camp with a tent. Esther is the partner representative for Living from the Heart.
Karen Webber* is the partner representative for SoulStream’s Spiritual Direction Initiative. Karen’s desire to live with an open heart before God has been shaped by her life experiences including a career in dietetics, involvement in her church community, being the parent of two adult children, along with husband Doug, and her love of the outdoors. She trained as a spiritual director with SoulStream.
**Denotes Employee | *Denotes Volunteer
SoulStream Staff
John Lunn** loves creating spaces for people to pause, reflect, and pay attention, so they might experience the love of God, be transformed, and grow. He has been privileged to pursue his vocation as spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and transitional pastor/consultant with churches and organizations.
John has served in a variety of roles in Northern California and the Lower Mainland, with nonprofits, churches, and provincial and federal governments. He holds a BA in Psychology and an MDiv from Regent College, and he received his spiritual direction training through SoulStream, became a SoulStream partner in 2017, and has previously been a member of the Board. John began serving as SoulStream’s Executive Director in January 2026 and is delighted to walk with this dispersed contemplative community.
When he isn’t practicing his vocation, you can find John in his garden; at the beach; in the woods or on a mountain; in, on, (and under) the water; or making time for good food, good films, and good friends.
Helen Spilsbury** is the administrator of SoulStream. She began her journey with SoulStream in this capacity in April of 2025. However, she has been a Partner for many years and SoulStream has been instrumental in keeping her from giving up hope and faith in a good God who is constantly moving towards her and embracing her with love. Helen took the Living from the Heart course just as her life was being refocused during a crisis. Her favourite word is “spacious” and she has found the reality of being able to live in and from this space where God lives. This has come through being actively engaged with a Spiritual Director and learning to practise the many contemplative prayer practices that lead her into this spacious, loving relationship with Jesus. Helen has three adult children who bring her deep joy. She loves to read, sit in the sun and travel.
**Denotes Employee