A SPIRITUAL FORMATION MINISTRY
Something in you
is stirring.
It is time to
go deeper.
Divine Indwelling is for those who feel the pull toward God and are ready to be genuinely formed by their faith. Through writing, teaching, prayer, and community, we walk with you into real, lasting transformation.
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
Go deeper. Be transformed.
THE MOMENT WE ARE IN
A generation
hungry for depth.
Something is shifting. After years of spiritual searching, the noise of self-help culture, and the exhaustion of a world in crisis, people across generations are turning back toward God. Seriously. Hungrily. Ready to go somewhere they have never been before.
They are discovering that consuming spiritual content is different from being spiritually formed. That knowing about God is different from knowing God. That what they need is an actual path, with real companionship, rooted in the wisdom of a living tradition.
Divine Indwelling exists for exactly this moment.
Gen Z
The most spiritually curious generation in decades, actively seeking authentic faith communities.
Rising
Church attendance among young adults reversing after two decades of decline.
60%
Of adults report feeling spiritually lonely, with no one to accompany them on the inner journey.
Depth
What seekers want most is formation and accompaniment, not more content.
"What the world has in abundance is spiritual content. What it lacks is spiritual formation, and those two things are not the same."
We live in an age of spiritual abundance and spiritual poverty at the same time. More books, podcasts, and courses than any generation has ever had access to. And yet more loneliness, more anxiety, more searching without arriving.
What is missing is not information. It is formation. A living tradition, taken seriously. Guides who have walked the path. A community that holds you accountable to becoming the person your faith calls you to be.
This is what Divine Indwelling offers.
WHO THIS IS FOR
You will find your home here if
You may be affiliated to one of the main faith traditions, returning to faith, or simply sincere in your search. What matters is the hunger itself.
01
You feel the pull toward God
Something in you is turning toward the sacred. You sense that a deeper relationship with God is the answer you have been circling, and you are ready to move toward it with intention.
02
You are hungry for spiritual depth
You are seeking more than beautiful ideas or spiritual experiences. You long for wisdom that reshapes how you live, love, serve, and walk through the world. You are ready for genuine inner formation, the kind that takes root and lasts.
03
You are called to peace
You feel called to become a presence of peace, compassion, and reconciliation within your relationships, communities, and the wider human family. You believe a more harmonious world begins with inner transformation.
WHAT DIVINE INDWELLING IS
A formation path drawn from
the perennial wisdom.
Divine Indwelling is an interspiritual formation ministry. We are rooted in Christian contemplative wisdom and nourished by the perennial wisdom that runs as a living current through the mystical and contemplative heart of the world's great faith traditions. We bring together writing, teaching, prayer, and community in service of one purpose: genuine inner transformation.
We draw from the classical spiritual paths — their scriptures, their contemplatives, their practices of prayer and inner formation — honoring each tradition as itself and drawing from its depths rather than skimming its surface. The conviction at the heart of everything we do is ancient and simple: going deep into your own tradition is the surest path toward understanding others.
Formation here is rooted, accessible, and alive.
“Divine Indwelling exists because I believe that going deep into your own tradition is the surest path toward understanding others, and that genuine inner transformation is the only lasting root of peace.
What we offer flows from nearly three decades of walking with God, and from the perennial wisdom: the living current of contemplative truth that runs through the heart of every great tradition. It is grounded in the unshakeable conviction that you are already blessed with every spiritual blessing. The work is simply to wake up to it.”
SWAADY MARTIN · FOUNDER OF DIVINE INDWELLINGROOTED IN CHRISTIAN CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM · OPEN TO SINCERE SEEKERS OF ALL PATHSFIVE PATHWAYS
Where would you like
to begin?
Each offering is a door into the same invitation: to be genuinely formed by your faith, to go deeper than you have gone before, and to find that depth is the very ground of peace.
◈ Religious Literacy Masterclasses
Formation experiences that invite serious, accessible engagement with your own tradition and genuine understanding of others. Rooted in Christian teaching and open to all who seek depth.
EXPLORE MASTERCLASSES
☽ Online Spiritual & Prayer Journeys
Guided experiences you can enter from anywhere in the world. Sacred reading, prayer challenges, and formation sequences that bring discipline, beauty, and transformation into the rhythm of daily life.
BEGIN A JOURNEY
◇ Spiritual Direction & Counseling
One-on-one accompaniment for your inner journey, online. Whether you are deepening your prayer life or navigating a difficult season, you walk it with a guide who has walked it too.
BOOK A SESSION
✧ Books for Adults & Children
Written from a life of prayer, study, and contemplative practice. Our books, spiritual formation for adults, sacred stories for children, offer companions for the inner journey and seeds for the next generation.
BROWSE THE BOOKS
✦ Christos Community
A weekly gathering in Ubud, Bali for those on the Christian contemplative path. Prayer, scripture, teaching, discussion, and worship together. A living community, forming one another.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY
⊕ World Peace Garden
An annual sacred gathering at the Bali Spirit Festival bringing together people of all traditions in shared prayer, meditation, and interfaith ceremony. A living witness that depth in your own tradition opens you to the other.
LEARN MORE
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
Understanding your own
tradition deeply.
Understanding others
genuinely.
We live in a world where religion is everywhere and understood by almost no one. Where people hold strong opinions about traditions they have never seriously encountered. Where faith is weaponized because it is never truly known.
Religious literacy changes this. It is the capacity to engage your own tradition with depth and honesty, and to approach the traditions of others with genuine curiosity and respect. It is the foundation of the peace we say we want.
"Wars happen because people do not know the other. Peace becomes possible when we go deep enough to find the love at the center of all things."
✦
Know your own tradition
Engage scripture, prayer, and sacred wisdom seriously and honestly. Let your tradition form you, the way it was always meant to.
✦
Understand the traditions of others
Encounter the great wisdom lineages of the world with genuine curiosity. Discover that depth in your own tradition opens you toward others.
✦
Become a person of peace
Let knowledge become wisdom, and wisdom become the way you live. Inner transformation is the root of every peace that lasts.
TESTIMONIALS
Words from
the community.
WHAT IS COMING
Upcoming offerings
and gatherings.
Every gathering is an invitation to go a little deeper. Every offering a door. Come as you are.
EVERY SUNDAY · 3:00 PM BALI TIME
COMMUNITYChristos Community
WEEKLY
Prayer, scripture, teaching, discussion, and worship together. A living community in Ubud, forming one another week by week.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY
ONLINE
PRAYER JOURNEYOnline Spiritual & Prayer Journeys
SELF-PACED
Guided experiences you can enter from anywhere in the world. Sacred reading, prayer challenges, and formation sequences that bring discipline, beauty, and transformation into the rhythm of daily life.
BEGIN A JOURNEY
COMING SOON · ONLINE & IN-PERSON
MASTERCLASSReligious Literacy Masterclasses
A new series of formation experiences exploring the great wisdom traditions and your own faith at depth. Open to all sincere seekers.
JOIN THE WAITLIST
You are welcome here.
This space was made for those who are serious about the sacred. Wherever you are on the path, take the next step.