About The Compass
The Compass is a spiritual formation guide for those navigating life’s deeper questions with faith, honesty, and hope.
In a world driven by performance and noise, The Compass is a slower, quieter space to return to what matters most: living in the presence of God.
What You'll Find Here
Each week, I create tools and reflections designed to support your **interior journey**—the lifelong process of spiritual transformation in the way of Jesus.
Subscribers to The Compass receive:
📝 Monday Reflections – soul-centered, Scripture-rooted reflections for your week
🛠️ Wednesday Practice Tools – printable formation guides and worksheets (paid)
🎧 Trailhead Podcast on Thursdays – quiet listening to help you reflect and reorient
💭 Friday Wanderings – cultural commentary through the lens of Christian contemplative spirituality
Why It Matters
For centuries, the Christian faith was guided by pilgrims of the inner way—pastors, monks, and everyday believers who cultivated the soul with depth, patience, and presence.
They knew the journey inward was not a retreat from the world, but a way to live more fully in it.
Today, that inner path has been nearly lost in many corners of church life. We are told to do more, speak more, attend more—but rarely taught how to **pay attention to God’s presence** in the midst of our ordinary, messy, beautiful lives.
The Compass is here to help you return to that ancient and necessary path.
Less Noise. Less Performance. More Presence.
This is a space for spiritual nourishment, not hype.
For tools you’ll actually use—not just read.
For the journey you’re already on—and the God who walks with you.
Welcome.
Gene Maynard
Writer. Theologian. Pastor. Pilgrim of the interior journey.
