Kiran Young Wimberly

Minister

Kiran Young Wimberly (she/her) is an ordained PC(USA) minister, spiritual director, retreat leader and musician based on Northern Ireland with the Corrymeela Community for Peace and Reconciliation. An American by birth, she has spent the majority of her life living in other parts of the world – Asia, the Middle East, and Ireland, and because of this has deep respect for diverse faith expressions and perspectives. She received an MDiv from PTS in 2005, a ThM in 2016 with a focus on spirituality, trauma, the Psalms and music, and a Spiritual Direction training through the PTS/Oasis hybrid program also in 2016. Kiran has a background in Celtic Spirituality and Ignatian spiritual practices, and she has trained in resilience/wellness skills (Community Resilience Model through the Trauma Resource Institute) as well as Group Spiritual Direction (Shalem). She has a love for the honest, authentic prayers of the Psalms and sees prayer as essentially bringing our full selves before a listening God who loves us just as we are. In spiritual direction, Kiran hopes to create a safe space for directees to attend to God’s life-giving invitation in their lives.