Teresa is a full time spiritual director and author of numerous books and articles about spirituality. She graduated from San Francisco Theological Seminary (M.Div. and Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction) in 2000 and has since been serving as a spiritual director and educator for individuals and groups, leading retreats, offering workshops and keynoting conferences on various aspects of contemplative Christian spirituality. She is the manager of Blythe Spirit LLC, an enterprise devoted to promoting spiritual well-being through contemplation, spiritual direction and education.

Teresa coordinates the Hesychia School of Spiritual Direction, a formation program for spiritual directors, centered at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks. She also works for the Fund for Theological Education as a vocational discernment facilitator with young adult mission volunteers for the Presbyterian Church (USA) nationally and locally for the Tucson Borderlands.

As a writer, Teresa has published 50 Ways to Pray: Practices from Many Traditions and Times (Abingdon Press, 2006); Meeting God in Virtual Reality: Using Spiritual Practices with Media (Abingdon Press, 2004) and Watching What We Watch: Prime-Time Television Through the Lens of Faith (Geneva Press, 2001). Her articles and essays have appeared on Beliefnet.com, in Spirituality & Health magazine and Publishers Weekly. She is also media review editor for Presbyterians Today magazine. Teresa lives in the urban village development of Civano in SE Tucson with her husband, Duane Schneider, a physical therapist.

Teresa's religious background is truly ecumenical. She has been a member of United Methodist and Presbyterian (USA) churches and is married to a devout Roman Catholic. She received her spiritual direction training from a Presbyterian seminary that brought in Catholic sisters to teach the art of spiritual direction since few Protestants had extensive teaching experience. She is now affiliated with the United Church of Christ (UCC) and is proud to be a member of First Congregational UCC of Tucson, an open and affirming congregation.