Rev. Dr. Wanda Stahl is a spiritual guide, retreat leader, educator, and consultant who has worked in a variety of congregational, denominational, and academic settings. Until her retirement from full-time ministry in 2022, she served on the faculty and as Director of Contextual Education at Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) where her favorite moments were engaging with students exploring questions of meaning, purpose, and vocation. Wanda recently completed a several-year term on the Leadership Team for BUSTH’s Creative Callings project, a Lilly Endowment-funded project focused on accompanying and supporting local congregations as they discern and deepen their callings to serve in their communities. She holds M.Div. and STM degrees from BUSTH and a Ph.D. in Theology and Education from Boston College.

Wanda has completed programs in Individual Spiritual Guidance, Contemplative Prayer Group and Retreat Leadership, and Group Spiritual Direction through the Shalem Institute in Washington DC. In 2021, she completed the year-long Seminary of the Wild EcoSpirituality Certificate, an experience that deepened her already strong connection to the Earth as a source of wisdom, guidance, and healing for navigating these challenging times. Wanda has been a follower of Jesus since she was a teenager, grounded especially in contemplative and Wesleyan streams of Christianity. While ordained in the Methodist tradition, she has guided and mentored people from a variety of faith traditions and spiritual expressions. Wanda is the mother of two young-adult daughters who are among her best teachers. She lives in Southern Maine where she is nurtured by time near the water and walks in the woods. Wanda also enjoys reading, cooking, solving puzzles of various kinds, and sitting on her screen porch watching the birds.