The Abiding Team

Get to know the co-creators of Abiding Practice

 Founding Members

Abiding Practice is made up of a team that spans a wide range of different disciplines. We are artists, musicians, writers, pastors, filmmakers, spiritual directors, and more. If you would like to book some time with one of our founding members you can find links to us here.

David Russo, the founder of Abiding Practice.

David Russo

David is the originating founder of Abiding Practice. He can be contacted for spiritual direction, leadership consulting, and organizational spiritual formation at david@abidingpractice.com.

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Brian McMaster, the lead composer at Abiding Practice.

Brian McMaster

Brian is a founding member and lead composer behind Abiding Practice. In addition to working on his own solo projects, he can be contracted for music production, songwriting, and as a recording session musician.

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Jared Friesen, a founding member at Abiding Practice and the co-founder of Cedar and Palm.

Jared Friesen

Jared is a founding member at Abiding Practice as well as the co-founder of Cedar and Palm: A non-profit focused on “pursuing relational well-being together.” Resources in the form of meditation literature handbooks, podcasts, and Story-Based Spiritual Direction can be found on his website.

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Tim Wolf

Tim is a founding member at Abiding Practice and the lead cinematographer for their video productions. With a background in journalism, he is keen on risk-taking and adventure seeking in pursuit of a good story.

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Collaborators

In addition to the founding members of Abiding Practice, we have also partnered with talented creatives from different disciplines to help bring our projects to life. If you would like to contact them for project inquires you can reach them here.

  • Erik Johnson, a founder and scientist at Doubloon Diagnostic.

    Erik P. Johnson Ph.D

    Founder and scientist at Doubloon Diagnostic

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  • An art piece created by Maxine Sakai of a deer head on a red background.

    Maxine Sakai

    Artist, Logo Designer, Creative Director at MSOCKEYE

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  • A logo of an orange bird.

    Frank Meely

    Music and Vocal Lessons at Ascend Studios

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