AN INTERSPIRITUAL FORMATION MINISTRY
Go deeper.
Be transformed.
Divine Indwelling is an interspiritual formation ministry rooted in Christian contemplative wisdom and open to sincere seekers of all paths.
We believe that genuine inner transformation is the only lasting root of peace, and that a world changed from within is the most enduring change of all.
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Go Deeper
Formation in prayer, scripture, and the wisdom of the great contemplative traditions. A path that goes all the way down into your faith.
II
Be Transformed
Genuine inner transformation, the kind that reshapes how you live, love, serve, and walk through the world. Formation that takes root and lasts.
III
Transform the World
The ripple effect of inner transformation, peace in relationships, in communities, and in the world. The Peace Garden. The Human Library. Gatherings that witness to what is possible when people go deep.
ROOTED IN CHRISTIAN CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM · OPEN TO SINCERE SEEKERS OF ALL PATHS
THE MOMENT WE ARE IN
A generation
hungry for depth.
Across generations, people are turning toward God and toward serious spiritual practice with a hunger that research consistently confirms. The global spiritual wellness market has reached $376 billion. Seventy-two percent of adults worldwide report that spirituality and the search for meaning are important to them.
We live in an age of spiritual abundance and spiritual poverty at the same time. Alongside more books, podcasts, and courses than any generation has ever had access to, loneliness persists, anxiety grows, and the searching continues without arriving. The hunger is real. What it needs is genuine formation: a living tradition taken seriously, guides who have walked the path, and a community that holds you accountable to becoming the person your faith calls you to be.
This is what Divine Indwelling offers.
$376B
The global spiritual wellness market, and growing. The hunger is real and widespread.
72%
Of adults globally report that spirituality and the search for meaning are important to them, regardless of formal religious affiliation.
Gen Z
The most spiritually curious generation in decades, actively seeking authentic faith and formation.
$9B
The global meditation market, growing at 10% annually — reflecting a worldwide hunger for contemplative practice and interior depth.
"What the world has in abundance is spiritual content. What it lacks is spiritual formation, and those two things are not the same."
WHO WE WALK WITH
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 — the living current of contemplative truth that runs through the mystical 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. 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, and inner transformation is the only lasting root of peace.
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 shapes politics, conflict, culture, and community — yet most people have only a surface understanding of their own tradition, let alone those of others. 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 also the foundation of the peace we say we want. Understanding produces empathy. Empathy produces the possibility of genuine encounter. And genuine encounter is where peace is actually made.
"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."
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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.
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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.
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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.