The Way Between Team

Founder, CEO, Coach

Sara desires to take the chaos out of transition and be on the bridge of the way between with ministry and non-profit leaders in the transition and sabbatical seasons. She is a creative catalyst, innovative thinker, and strategic connector as CEO, coach, consultant, and resource developer.

Sara is no stranger to transition, having moved more than 30 times in her life. Her experience through several hard transitions and foreign moves gives her a unique capacity for understanding first-hand the complexities of decision-making involved with transition. Utilizing whole-brain engagement while strategically planning is her unique contribution to transition resilience, sabbatical support, and vocational discernment work. Doing this in nature, using art, or while traveling is a bonus!

She continues to create and innovate with multi-modal approaches to navigating major life transitions, including the creation of The Art of Transition Workbook & textbook (coming soon).

Sara holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Intercultural Studies and ICF coaching credentials. Sara has served for over 22 years in full-time ministry and non-profit work, and in cross-cultural settings, including England and Spain for 10 of those years.

Partner, COO, Coach, Missiologist

Jeff is a missiologist at his core. He works out this passion as a trained leadership coach, writer, speaker, and cross-cultural companion to global leaders in major transition to, within, and from the field. His unique wiring plays out as a resource developer, strategic innovator, and a restorative artist—by empowering the journeys of workers forward through redemptive new expressions.

He “hammers” out his passion through the artistic spiritual disciplines of up-cycled wood working and literary wordsmithing. He’s a contemplative, ascetic, pilgrim, egalitarian, and strategist for Kingdom growth.

Jeff holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Intercultural Studies & Leadership Development, and ICF coaching credentials. He has served for over 22 years in full-time ministry and non-profit work, and in cross-cultural settings, including Korea and Spain for 10 of those years.

His relocation to Colorado with the family during the global pandemic has only increased his compassion for working with nonprofit leaders in complex transitions. You can find him adventuring and exploring the trails of Colorado or on pilgrimage paths around the globe!

Spiritual Director & Pilgrimage Guide

I currently serve as a Spiritual Director and Camino Guide. For much of my adult life, I’ve worked in ministry, discipleship, and caring for people across cultures. I currently serve in southern Spain with European Christian Mission and Diez42, a ministry center in downtown Málaga serving families through food distribution, language training, Bible studies, community gatherings, soccer clubs, and other support ministries. I’ve lived in Spain for fifteen years now, after spending over a year in Mexico City and three years in Japan. Living cross-culturally, learning to be a guest, and constantly navigating transition have shaped me deeply.

Outside of ministry, I’m drawn to mountains, adventure, and practices that help me slow down and reconnect with my soul. I enjoy climbing, taking night hikes during the full moon, and spending time outdoors. I have two kids who have recently left home for university and mission work across the globe.

Marketing & Media Designer

Heidi is an innovative digital strategist and a creative designer. She has over 10 years of experience designing websites and digital solutions in Christian ministry and cross-cultural contexts.

Heidi lived in Slovenia for 6 years, equipping and developing young leaders. She is familiar with transition, grief, and the complexity of cross-cultural ministry. The Way Between offered Heidi vocational discernment coaching and a transition cohort as she returned to the States. This was tremendous support for her during a difficult transition.

Heidi holds a BA in Digital Media and is trained in Narrative Focused Trauma Care, Level II, at the Allender Center. She aspires to earn her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in the near future.

Heidi likes to eat tacos, longboard, hike, laugh, and keep it real.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Pilgrimage Guide

Eve Austin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in California and Idaho. In addition, she offers therapy to Global Workers in the context of international Soul Care retreats. She and her husband, Tim Austin, pioneered a Couples Camino model and began working with The Way Between in 2023. She has traveled to 50 countries and lived in Tajikistan and Turkey for 20 years with her family.

Life & Leadership Coach, Pilgrimage Guide

Tim is a life and leadership coach who helps people find clarity and direction in the midst of life and vocational transitions. Along with his wife Eve, he partners with The Way Between to facilitate couples' pilgrimages along the Camino de Santiago, creating space for connection, reflection, and renewal. Having lived abroad for more than two decades, Tim brings a global perspective and deep appreciation for the transformative power of journey.

Nutrition & Fitness Coach Consultant

Jon Brandi is a holistic wellness coach and consultant with over two decades of experience walking alongside individuals as they discover their capacity for healing and flourishing. Drawing from his own journey through anxiety, depression, and hypothyroidism, he brings deep empathy and a whole-person approach, integrating fitness, nutrition, breathwork, mindset, and nervous system regulation into personalized support. Art, music, and poetry have been central to his own restoration, and that creative, soulful thread runs through the way he guides others. Jon is passionate about supporting others to align with their inner wisdom and the life they were created to live.

Visual Storyteller

Marcus is a talented photographer, videographer, and writer who has traveled the globe helping non-profit leaders tell their stories well! Originally from Malaysia, he now lives in Minnesota with his wife.

Administrator

Jackie supports The Way Between team in finance, communication, logistics, and process management. She loves helping people and organizations achieve their maximum potential and their greatest reach for the sake of the gospel. She has had the privilege to do so in nonprofits and ministries within the US and around the world, and as a stay-at-home mom.

Jackie currently resides in the southern suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband, Mike, and their three daughters. By God's grace they continue pursuing a calling to global missions as goers, senders, and supporters. She loves watching her people pursue their passions and encourages everyone she knows to visit the North Shore of Lake Superior-- her family's current favorite place.

Sabbatical Coach, Pastor

Having served the church as a worship pastor and lead pastor for over 33 years, Dale loves coming alongside leaders to listen and support them through the various seasons of joy and challenge that come–often at the same time! Dale enjoys encouraging and equipping people to take their next step toward wholeness and flourishing. He has been married to Jen for 34 years. They have 3 incredible children and 12 energetic grandchildren. Dale currently serves TWB in sabbatical coaching, having experienced the gift and shaping of two sabbaticals later in ministry AND ministry/life burnout in his first 15 years that a sabbatical might have prevented. Dale enjoys reading in multiple genres (scifi/fantasy for fun!) and driving his 4x4 up the sides of mountains throughout Colorado.

Coach & Pilgrimage Guide

Elizabeth is a trained leadership coach with a passion for supporting the individuals who work on the front lines serving our communities. She brings experience in nonprofit, international student services within higher education, and human resources. Elizabeth holds a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) certification through the ICF-accredited Co-Active Training Institute (CTI). She is committed to intentionally witnessing value and empowering hope in her relationships. She has served The Way Between as both a Sabbatical Coach and Pilgrimage Guide; she participated in the Women's Camino in 2023 and joined Sara as a co-lead in 2024 and 2025.

Elizabeth enjoys coming alongside others in times of transition and believes deeply in the transformative power of coaching. She lives in Lakewood, CO, with her husband and three children.

Intercultural Coach & Pilgrimage Guide

Julia Van Der Werf is an intercultural and leadership coach, pilgrimage guide, and founder of Rooted Mosaic — a practice built at the intersection of identity, culture, and belonging. She brings to The Way Between a rich background in coaching, teaching, nonprofit leadership, and organizational strategy, shaped by years of working alongside individuals and communities navigating change and complexity.

A Pittsburgh native who has called Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis home, Julia spent formative years teaching in under-resourced communities and founding a nonprofit serving Northeast D.C. families — experiences that deepened her commitment to listening well and honoring every person's lived story.

Julia is a mom of three boys, a lifelong learner, and someone who believes the most meaningful growth happens in the honest middle space — between who we've been and who we are becoming. She shows up to this work with curiosity, warmth, and a deep conviction that we are better together.

Board Member

Dr. Elizabeth "Betsy" Glanville, has recently retired (for the 4th time) from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she was Director of Doctoral Studies and Admin-Faculty for the past 25 years. She had the opportunity to help reframe Fuller Theological Seminary’s practical doctoral program for people working in missions around the world, transforming it from a dying program into a vibrant cohort-based program. One of her favorite vacations is to spend a week on a hundred-foot schooner, where she can participate in all the work of sailing the boat: hauling halyards, trimming sails, coiling lines, and even taking a turn behind the wheel!

Board Member

Mike has a long history of mission and cross-cultural involvement and currently lives out his giftings as a strategic empowerer of leaders through targeted Board engagement. After a 27-year business career with Johns Manville Corporation, Mike transitioned into full-time Christian ministry, serving as an Elder and Missions Pastor at Calvary Bethany Church. His post-graduate work includes an MBA from the University of Denver and an MA in Global Leadership from Fuller Seminary.

Mike has a passion for Global Missions and seeks to mobilize others into Kingdom work, both locally and globally. He sees the ministry of The Way Between as a critical resource in helping Christian workers discover their calling and successfully navigate ministry transitions.

Mike and his wife, Becky, live in Sedalia, Colorado, and are blessed to be fully engaged in the lives of their two grown daughters, their sons-in-law, and their four grandchildren, all of whom live in the Denver area.