Active in Contemplative Outreach J. David Muyskens is the International Coordinator of CO, a member of the Circle of Service (Directors of Contemplative Outreach) and a commissioned presenter of the Introductory Centering Prayer Workshop of Contemplative Outreach.

Dr. J. David Muyskens is a graduate of the Spiritual Guidance Program of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and has been a spiritual director since 1991. From 1990 to 2005 he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spirituality at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ. He is a graduate of Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI. And has Th.M and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ.

J. David Muyskens is a contributor to Words of Hope daily devotions and an online newsletter on prayer of the Reformed Church in America. He is author of a book published by Upper Room Books in 2006, Forty Days to a Closer Walk with God: the Practice of Centering Prayer and has authored a book to be published by Upper Room Books in 2010 called Sacred Breath: Forty Days of Centering Prayer.

Dr. Muyskens is a retired ordained minister of the Reformed Church in America having served as pastor of three churches in New Jersey, the last one being the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick. On retirement in the summer of 1999 he moved with his wife to Grand Rapids, MI. They have a son, two daughters and five grandchildren.