Carolyn van Oloo - Princeton Theological Seminary

Carolyn van Oloo

Beyond Bars

Carolyn is a child of God – one whom the Lord rejoices over with singing (Zephaniah 3:17).  I fell in love with Jesus during busy and exhausting days when I felt empty and all the ways I tried to reach God fell short.  In my spiritual desperation, I stumbled into contemplative prayer: simply being in the loving presence of Jesus. This changed the direction of my life and career and along the way I became a spiritual director. I am now the Director of SoulCare at Highrock in the Boston area and on the leadership team for our Highrock Beyond Bars ministry. I love creating spaces for people to encounter the loving presence of Jesus and be healed, freed and transformed more and more into who Jesus created them to be and – as a result of being – what he created them to do.