A 3-Month Spiritual Formation Cohort

Walking With God
As Yourself

For becoming more honest, rooted, and free in Christ.

Begins

August 2026

Investment

$725

Spots

6 only

Format

Group + Self-Paced

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The Question

What does it actually look like to follow God as yourself?

Not as the person you think you should be. Not as the version of you that performs well in church, that has all the answers, that prays the right way. Not the one who already has it together.

"Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee."
— St. Augustine

Most of us were never taught how spiritual growth actually works. We were given information — good information, even — but not formation. We learned what to believe without learning how to be present to God with our real lives.

So the prayer life goes dry. The patterns we've been trying to break for years remain. We know more than we're living. And we quietly wonder if something is wrong with us.

Nothing is wrong with you. You're on a journey, and you may simply need a companion and a container for the next leg of it.

That's what this cohort is.

Is This You

You might recognize yourself here

You've been a Christian for a while and you sense there's more — but you don't know how to get there from here.

Your prayer life is dry, confusing, or has simply stopped working the way it once did.

You know what the right thing to do is, but you can't seem to live it out — and you're tired of trying harder.

Small groups and discipleship programs feel surface-level. You want something that goes deeper.

You want to hear God — not just read about Him. You long to be genuinely known and led.

You're self-aware enough to suspect that your story, your wounds, and your patterns are part of what God wants to meet you in.

The Journey

What we move through together

Each module builds on the last. This isn't a curriculum you get through — it's a path you walk.

01

How spiritual growth actually works

Most of us were never taught the theology of transformation — why prayer goes dry, why we keep returning to the same patterns, how the Holy Spirit works in ordinary life. We start here, so everything else has a foundation.

02

The dynamics of the heart

The relationships that formed you — with God, yourself, and others — shape how you relate to everything. When you can see those patterns clearly, you gain real freedom to respond differently.

03

Your personality and prayer

You were wired to connect with God in a particular way. We'll explore what that is — and what gets in the way — including the false self that keeps you at a distance from both God and yourself.

04

Spiritual discernment

Practices rooted in centuries of church tradition, made practical for your actual life. So you can follow God's leading with more confidence — even in the chaos.

05

A rule of life

Not a productivity system. A rhythm that reflects who God is making you to be in this season — and gives that a structure you can actually live in.

06

Vocation and calling

How your interior life connects to what you do and who you're becoming in community. What the Spirit is inviting you toward — and how to walk in it with clarity and rest.

The Details

What's included

Group Direction 6 bi-monthly sessions
1.5 hrs each
Formation Content 15+ hours
self-paced
Prayer Guides Personalized
to your journey
Investment $725
Begins August 2026
Mon or Wed, 5:30pm PT
Cohort Size 6 spots only

This may not be the right season if

From Past Cohorts

What people have carried forward

Learning how God works in imaginative prayer for myself was good — but learning how he works in the lives of others was even better. Such an inspiring experience.

Sharon H.

This space provided experiences to connect with God, not just information about him. Every Christian needs this kind of space to process growth. I'm so grateful it came at the right time.

Jen S.

Having Maryl walk alongside me brought immense peace and helped me discern where God was showing up in a season when I couldn't find him on my own. She understands when to speak and when to let the Spirit move in silence.

Kelsie Hamilton-Salarda
Non-Profit Sr. Program Manager, Orange County

For the first time, I learned what listening really looks like — and what it can do to foster growth. It helped me see what's really going on in my life and become aware of God's doing in the process.

Vania Tompunu
Seminary Student, Indonesia

Maryl
About Maryl

I spent years doing all the right things and still felt far from God

I grew up in the church. Led Sunday school at 12. Did everything a good Christian girl was supposed to do. And underneath all of it, I was anxious, disconnected, and quietly convinced that if I just worked harder, God would finally make me feel okay.

Home was chaotic — a single parent, chronic stress, emotional unpredictability. I learned early to hide what I really felt, appease, stay out of trouble. And without knowing it, I related to God exactly the same way.

The turning point came in 2013 in a spiritual formation class when someone said: the reason you can't relate to God the way you desire is that you learned to relate to God the same way you relate to your parent. I wept. That one sentence named something I had been circling for a decade.

I enrolled in seminary that fall. Seven years of spiritual formation and direction training. Over 200 directees. And what I keep finding is that the path forward is almost never about doing more — it's about learning to be present to God as the person you actually are.

That's what I want to help you find.

Peace,
Maryl

Ready to Apply

Six spots. August 2026.

Applications are reviewed personally. If it seems like a good fit for this season, you'll hear from me directly.

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"That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you." John 17:21