Bio
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
2 Corinthians 3:17
Janice Munemitsu is a spiritual director in private practice and formerly a staff director at Biola University’s on-campus Center for Spiritual Renewal. She graduated from Biola’s Institute for Spiritual Formation (ISF) with a Masters of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. In addition to her on-campus spiritual direction practice, Janice hosts frequent Soul Care/Solitude Day Retreats and is available to lead day/weekend retreats for groups.
Her passion is helping others find spiritual freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17) in an authentic faith with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Her own journey has taken her through prolonged times of grief/loss and seasons of joy and blessing. Her personal practice includes a progression of spiritual direction, soul care and the retreat practices of stillness, silence and solitude.
Janice came to the study of spiritual formation with a background in business and change management/organizational development. Her bi-vocational perspective includes over 20 years in the corporate world of consumer brands/food industry with The Clorox Company, Mars, Inc., and ConAgra Foods where she last served as Vice President of Brand Marketing. Janice has a B.S., Business and M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
Called to lead 9 years of back-to-back capital stewardship campaigns at her church (Mariners Church, Irvine, CA), she experienced the Holy Spirit in truly transformational ways which led her to a greater interest and study in spiritual formation and soul care. Janice served for 10 years in the ministry of Generous Giving, a fully-funded ministry whose mission is to spread the biblical message of generosity in the U.S. and globally through Generosity Path.
Currently, she also serves on the boards of the Bible Project, A3 Leaders, and was a former board member of the National Christian Foundation California (NCF).
Janice is the author of “The Kindness of Color,” a true story of her family and the Mendez family during the 1940s: WWII unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and Mendez, et al v. Westminster, et al that led to the desegregation of California public schools. Her book advocates for kindness and collaboration in the midst of adversity. Published in 2021, Janice continues to speak to audiences from children to adults on the power of kindness in the midst of adversity. www.thekindnessofcolor.com
A survivor of a rare lung cancer, Janice has experienced the presence and companionship of God in the midst of disease, which has given her more perspective on companioning others as well. Praise God for His healing in this life, and ever grateful for eternal salvation indeed!
Raised on a strawberry farm, this farmer’s daughter loves gardening and the analogy to spiritual growth found in her hobby. With a heart for travel and ministry friends world-wide, Janice has travelled to 6 continents. She is a native of Orange County where she currently resides.
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