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Josh Banner is a spiritual director, a retreat leader, and creator and host of The Invitation Podcast. Nate talks with Josh about his contemplative prayer outreach in prisons.
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Nathan Foster is Director of Community Life at Renovaré. Formerly, he served as the Andrews Chair in Spiritual Formation at Spring Arbor University and the Pastor of Spiritual Formation at a Free Methodist Church in Jackson, MI. Nathan is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified addictions counselor, and plays bass in the indie rock band Istra Blue. Learn more at nathanfosterprojects.com.
Josh is the host and creator of the Invitation Podcast. He is a certified spiritual director, a retreat leader, and facilitator of contemplative prayer outreach in prisons. Josh has served extensively in local churches and in campus ministries in worship arts and discipleship. Josh currently is an adjunct professor at Hope College in the Studies in Ministry Minor degree program, and is a part-time stay at home dad. He and his wife, poet Susanna Childress, and their two sons Casper and Shepherd live in Holland MI.