Inner Peace
Make room for silence, contemplation and a grounded sense of wellbeing that is not dependent on perfect circumstances.
Personal wholeness • meditation • community
Discover traction in transition.
Stillpoint is a ministry for people seeking sustainable peace, deeper inner resources and meaningful engagement with the community around them.
Align your core in chaos. Navigate the mystery. Find air to breathe.
Peace • Presence • Service
Inner Transformation
Core Transformation offers a gentle guided process for listening inwardly, discovering deeper resources and creating meaningful change.
Community Service
Stillpoint connects contemplation with compassionate action, including sustained relationship and advocacy within the unhoused community.
Upcoming workshop
Metaphors of Movement — Level 1
Come ready to explore. This is an experiential exploration of Metaphors of Movement rather than a theoretical one, with breakout-room practice and participant materials.
DatesOctober 12–14 & October 19–21, 2026
Time10:00 AM Central
FormatSix 2½-hour live sessions
Tuition$150 per participant
Helping people through life transitions
Gentle support for the ordinary and extraordinary changes of life.
As a retired priest, I have spent my life working with people through difficult, as well as ordinary, transitions. Stillpoint offers a place to slow down, listen inwardly and reconnect with resources that can be easy to lose sight of during change.
- New family life and changing relationships
- Changes of job, vocation or direction
- Discovering or rediscovering our true selves
- Death, grief and loss
- Periods of uncertainty, stress or spiritual transition
Why Stillpoint
Sustainable peace. Profound engagement.
Stillpoint is an invitation to sustainable peace and profound engagement with the community where you live.
At its heart, Stillpoint is a practice of guided exploration toward sustainable peace, deeper inner resources and meaningful engagement with the community. Core Transformation is one of the methodologies used within that practice.
I am a certified Core Transformation life coach.
Over the years, I have discovered that giving back to the community and meditation by themselves were not enough to maintain an ongoing sense of inner peace and purpose.
Thomas Merton coined the phrase “still point” to point towards an inner state of accessible joy and peace that isn’t dependent on any outcome or end result.
Hence the name Stillpoint: a profound engagement of service in your community and sustainable peace.
The Apostle Paul described this core state as the peace that passes understanding.
You may call that inner resource enlightenment, joy, oneness, wholeness or maybe just “okayness.” Whatever phrase you use, it is something that is not dependent on anything else.
Meditation & Personal Growth
Perhaps you already have a community to do meditation with and you are already actively engaged in service in your community. Carry on with that noble work.
If not I invite you to join our community and discover a new dimension of meditation and personal growth. I especially invite you to explore Core Transformation as a resource of ongoing wellness and purpose.
Core Transformation has been a tool that has transformed my life over the past 5 years.
No longer am I a wound-up, semi-retired priest in the Episcopal Church running after elusive goals of achievement and success.
Core Transformation has allowed me to come home to myself.
I can be present with my family and friends and enjoy long walks with my dog. All the while I am deeply engaged in service to the community in which I live.
Core Transformation is gentle and non-invasive and if nothing else most people find it relaxing. Core Transformation is non-sectarian and recognizes the wisdom in all spiritual traditions—or No spiritual tradition…
Service in the Community
If you are already giving back to the community, please don’t feel any pressure from Stillpoint to drop the good work you are already doing to join us.
I have been working to support and advocate for the unhoused for 16 years, and founded the Association of Faith Communities while I was rector at Calvary Episcopal Church.
Since moving to Saint Louis I still support the work of the AFC and many other ministries to the unhoused in Santa Cruz and am just beginning that work in prison ministry and outreach to the homeless here in Saint Louis where I have lived since 2025.
We also solicit your financial investment in Stillpoint, or perhaps you would like to explore personal growth through Core Transformation.
Support the ministry
Help Stillpoint continue the work.
Financial commitments help support Stillpoint's ministry, meditation community and direct engagement with people experiencing homelessness.
Silence, Scripture & Community
Meditation is foundational for a healthy spiritual life, both individually and communally.
I have always been impressed that Jesus carved out time to be alone in silence as he was going about changing the world.
This also seems to be the lesson that Elijah learned thousands of years ago when he found God in “utter silence” on Mount Horeb.
You are invited to join our community of Centering Prayer weekly on Zoom or regular workshops on meditation and Bible Study.
A guided conversation with our inner selves
Core Transformation
A gentle, non-invasive process that helps people explore the deeper positive intentions behind thoughts, feelings and behaviors — without demanding a particular belief system.
Core Transformation can be used by people who are religious, spiritual, agnostic or atheist. The process respects the person and their deepest wishes, and many people experience it as calming, compassionate and deeply restorative.
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Recognize inner resources
Explore the positive intentions and deeper resources beneath an issue rather than fighting against yourself.
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Gentle and respectful
The process is collaborative, non-invasive and designed to respect your values, beliefs and internal wisdom.
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Experience meaningful shifts
Clients often notice increased relaxation, perspective and access to deeper states of wellbeing beginning with the work itself.
Watch & Explore
Six ways to explore Core Transformation
These conversations and introductions offer several entry points into Core Transformation and related transformational approaches.
Stillpoint in Practice
Prayer • presence • service • community
Contemplation in action
Prayer, presence and community
Stillpoint is not about retreating from the world. It is about becoming grounded enough to meet the world with greater presence, compassion and service.
Centering Prayer & Meditation
Meditation is foundational for a healthy spiritual life, individually and communally. Jesus repeatedly carved out time to be alone in silence while doing the work of ministry; Elijah encountered God in “utter silence.”
You are invited to join Stillpoint's community of Centering Prayer weekly on Zoom, along with regular workshops focused on meditation and Bible study.
Tuesdays • 8 AM & 8 PM Pacific • ZoomService & Community Outreach
Rev. Joel has supported and advocated for people experiencing homelessness for more than 16 years and founded the Association of Faith Communities while serving as rector at Calvary Episcopal Church.
Since moving to Saint Louis in 2025, he continues to support ministries serving the unhoused in Santa Cruz while beginning prison ministry and outreach to people experiencing homelessness in Saint Louis.
Santa Cruz roots • Saint Louis serviceSimple ways to begin
How It Works
There is no pressure to arrive with the right words or a finished plan. Start with a conversation, a prayer gathering or a question.
No cost
Initial Consultation
A free conversation with Rev. Joel to talk about what is changing, what you are looking for, and whether Stillpoint or Core Transformation may be useful.
ScheduleWeekly
Meditation
Centering Prayer every Tuesday at 8 AM and 8 PM Pacific, live on Zoom.
Ask JoelOne-to-one
Subsequent Sessions
$100 per session, generally 45–90 minutes. An accommodating scale is available for those with financial limitations.
Start with a ConsultationOngoing
Workshops & Bible Study
Regular opportunities for meditation, contemplative practice and Bible study designed to deepen both personal growth and community connection.
Ask JoelFrequently Asked Questions
A few practical questions about Stillpoint
Stillpoint brings together contemplative practice, personal growth, one-to-one guidance and community service. These answers gather the key details in one place.
What is Stillpoint?
Stillpoint is a ministry and practice centered on sustainable peace, deeper inner resources and meaningful engagement with the community. It brings together contemplation, personal growth, guided exploration and service.
What kinds of life transitions can Stillpoint support?
Stillpoint offers support through ordinary and extraordinary transitions, including changes in family life and relationships, vocation or direction, rediscovering a sense of self, grief and loss, and periods of uncertainty, stress or spiritual transition.
What is Core Transformation?
Core Transformation is one of the methodologies used within the Stillpoint practice. It is a gentle, non-invasive process for exploring the deeper positive intentions behind thoughts, feelings and behaviors and for discovering inner resources rather than fighting against yourself.
Do I need a particular belief system for Core Transformation?
No particular belief system is required. Core Transformation can be used by people who are religious, spiritual, agnostic or atheist, and the process is designed to respect each person's values, beliefs and internal wisdom.
How do I begin, and what do one-to-one sessions cost?
You can begin with a free consultation with Rev. Joel. Subsequent one-to-one sessions are $100 and generally last 45–90 minutes. An accommodating scale is available for people with financial limitations.
What contemplative and community opportunities does Stillpoint offer?
The current site includes Centering Prayer on Zoom, workshops focused on meditation and Bible study, and opportunities to learn more about community outreach and service.
What is Metaphors of Movement — Level 1?
It is a live, experiential workshop exploring metaphors of movement. The current program is scheduled for October 12–14 and October 19–21, 2026 at 10:00 AM Central, with six 2½-hour sessions and tuition of $150 per participant.
How can I support Stillpoint?
You can support the ministry financially through the giving options on this page, or contact Joel to ask about ways to become involved in Stillpoint's community and service work.
About Rev. Joel P. Miller
Ministry shaped by presence, transition and service.
Rev. Joel P. Miller is a retired priest and a Certified Core Transformation Coach. His work through Stillpoint brings together decades of ministry experience, contemplative practice, one-to-one guidance and sustained service in the community.
The aim is not to tell people what they should believe or how they should feel. It is to offer a compassionate space for discovering inner resources, navigating transition and becoming more present to life as it is.
Life CoachNavigating the MysteryAligning Your Core in ChaosDiscovering Traction in TransitionFinding Air to Breathe
You are welcome here
Start with a conversation.
If you are navigating a transition, curious about Core Transformation, interested in weekly meditation or looking for a way to serve, you are invited to reach out.
Or call (831) 419-8290