Jan Weel

Born in Barbados, Jan Weel holds a B.A. degree in English, History and Social Anthropology from the University of Durham, England (1969) and a Diploma in Early Childhood Education (with Distinction) from the London Montessori Centre, England (1984).

From 1983 to 1984, Jan committed to praying contemplatively, three times every day, for a period of a 12 full months. In this special form of retreat in daily life, two trained and highly experienced Benedictine spiritual guides accompanied and guided Jan.

This contemplative experience, undertaken in a time of personnal crisis, led to a life-altering spiritual transformation for Jan. She notes that it changed her from the roots up.

Jan calls this her ‘second conversion’.

For 26 years, the author has individually accompanied and guided Christian women from a wide variety of Christian denominations on their faith journeys, guiding them both individually and in groups, and conducting day-retreats and instructional workshops.

Jan's single goal is to help Christian women go well beyond Christian doctrine alone and arrive at a place where they are able to EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND FOR THEMSELVES God’s presence, love, and peace whenever they want or need to.

Jan’s overriding message is that trying to know and/or ‘find’ God without knowing how to experience firsthand for yourself His unique brand of love —whenever you want or need to —is like trying to walk with one foot!

Jan believes that, generally speaking, the institutional Christian church is unfortunately not set up to help adult Christians achieve this absolutely essential aspect of personal Christian development. She believes that the answer to this problem is to find a trained, well experienced, and trustworthy Christian spiritual guide who can introduce a seeker to meeting God in his/her own unique way and to experiencing God’s love firsthand for herself/himself.

How I Learned to Let God Find Me in the Good Times and the Bad: A Spiritual Memoir tells the author's personal story of how she learned to ALLOW God to find her during a time of profound personal crisis. Jan points out that 'How can I find God?' is the wrong question. The correct question really is, 'How do I allow God to find me?'

The book is written to help people who urgently need God's help during times of severe personal testing, trauma, or challenge. It offers them well-proven, actionable resources to guide them to a place of true healing and peace.