Our Philosophy
True integration requires silence, patience, and a quiet willingness to witness what sits in the shadows. We journey with you into the inner landscape, fostering self-knowledge and grounded spiritual awareness beyond quick answers.
Daily Rhythms
Spirituality tends to nudge people toward habits that support them — rest, movement, honesty, care for the body.
Belonging
A trusted relationship, even just this one, can be the beginning of feeling less alone in what you carry.
Ritual and Practice
Repeated, embodied practices — prayer, liturgy, a walk you always take — give shape and meaning to time.
The Stories You Tell Yourself
Beliefs about who you are and what your life means quietly organize how you interpret everything else. Naming them is the first step to questioning them.
Being Unsettled
Encounters with the sacred don't always feel comfortable. Sometimes growth begins with a challenge to how you saw yourself.
A Shifted Sense of Reality
People often describe seeing their circumstances differently after a season of this work — not because anything changed, but because they did.
The Sense of Someone Present
Many directees describe moments — sometimes small, sometimes overwhelming — of feeling met by something beyond themselves.
Our Foundation
Grounded in Depth and Practice
David and Karmen Packiam bring over five decades of shared life and ministry to their work as pastors and spiritual directors. Both hold certificates of training as Spiritual Directors from Selah, a ministry of Leadership Transformations Inc., serve as Selah Fellows, and are members of the Evangelical Spiritual Directors' Association.
They currently lead the Communion and Prayer Team and the Intercessory Team at Communion of Saints (formerly New Life Downtown) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Before that, they pioneered and pastored The Dwelling Place, a church in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for nineteen years.
David served as the Principal, and Karmen as the Dean of Students and lecturer, at the Royal Priesthood Bible College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Both are graduates of Portland Bible College in Portland, Oregon.
They both received their undergraduate degrees from the National University of Singapore (NUS). David worked in public relations and advertising earlier in his career; Karmen spent many years teaching English as a second language and college-level English.
From 2014 to 2025, David also served as Chaplain at Springs Rescue Mission in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Take the first step towards deeper self-knowledge and integrated spiritual awareness. We welcome your questions.