Franklin Faine is a spiritual director, Veriditas-trained labyrinth facilitator, and retreat leader living in Orlando, FL.  His work centers on companioning, healing, and teaching through spiritual direction, labyrinth walks, and retreats for all persons, organizations, and communities on their journeys to embrace life affirming spiritual paths. He is also a writer, poet and musician whose most current project is completing a book entitled The Encircling Embrace: Exploring the Mystic Hospitality of the Labyrinth.

His professional background also includes time spent as the pastor of two United Church of Congregations in Florida. His experience as a chaplain included a variety of healthcare settings with special emphasis on coping with spiritual and emotional challenges, chronic illness, death and dying. He also held a position as a psychotherapist and life coach, specializing in holistic approaches to promoting well-being of both mind and body, as well as helping folks through transitions in their lives and careers.

He has served on the boards of a diverse number of non-profit organizations. He was the Program Chair for the Orlando Chapter of American Society for Training and Development, the Local Arrangements Chair for the Association for Professional Chaplains Annual Conference Committee, and most recently as Vice-President for Development for Gay Men of Wisdom, a national educational organization designed to promote a positive vision of gay men’s gifts to all persons and our planet.