About Marsha
As founder of Breathing in Christ, Marsha has spent most of her working life helping others fall in love with Jesus over and over again. An ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), she has taught and ministered in areas of spiritual formation and missional outreach for nearly two decades. She and her husband, Jason, and their daughter Gina, live in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
“Marsha led our multi-generational retreat group through spiritual practices that brought the Gospel to life. Our members are still talking about it, and want to know when she can come back. Her caring, nurturing style was inspirational.”
Writer, speaker, spiritual director, retreat guide and spiritual growth consultant, Marsha is passionate about nurturing deeper relationships with God. Marsha writes and teaches courses and certificate programs focusing on contemplative leadership, spiritual practices and evangelism. She enjoys writing and leading women’s retreats and speaking to a variety of faith communities. As coordinator of an ecumenical collaborative mission center, she also serves as the Associate Dean for the Stevenson School for Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese in Central Pennsylvania.
Marsha holds a master’s degree in Ministerial Studies from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (now United Lutheran Seminary) with concentrations in spiritual formation and missional outreach. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Elizabethtown College and an executive certificate in nonprofit business development from
Notre Dame University’s Mendoza School of Business.
