3 Steps to Greater Intimacy With God
Without a friend who feels our hurt, stress, and longings with us our souls shrivel up and die. Giving and receiving empathy are key to life in Christ.
Hearing God at the Kitchen Table
If ever we needed the message and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) it’s today! Before he became a role model, he was an ordinary pastor from…
Healing Grace for Your Emotions
I was frozen in my chair, trembling with fear. The conference speaker had challenged us, “Stand up if you’re ready to surrender all to God!”…
How Can Spiritual Direction Help Me?
Without a friend who feels our hurt, stress, and longings with us our souls shrivel up and die. Giving and receiving empathy are key to life in Christ.
With Jesus You are Unforsaken!
The spiritual program that has most impacted my life may surprise you. It’s the Stations of the Cross. Over the years I’ve gathered Gospel meditations…
Breathe Your Way Into the New Year
Like me, maybe you set aside much of your normal work for the Christmas break and this week you have a lot to do! There’s…
Top Soul Care Needs of 2016
Happy New Year! It’s surprising how many people search the Internet for help meeting soul care needs. In 2016 SoulShepherding.org received close to 1,000,000 page views. The #1…
On the Outside Trying to Get Into Christmas
It’s an isolating feeling to be on the outside looking in. We’ve all felt it. Some of us especially feel this way at Christmastime. We…
Fear Not at Christmas
At the first Christmas, God keeps saying, “Fear not!” It’s a message we still need to hear today, too. Let’s explore how God encouraged those…
Dallas Willard’s Stages of Eternal Living (the Divine Conspiracy)
An understanding of how spiritual and psychological development generally progresses is crucial to personal faith and the ministries of spiritual direction, pastoral care, and Christian…
The Surprising Advent of the Trinity
Advent is a celebration of the coming of Christ — and the whole Trinity! I wonder if you’ve ever meditated on the Trinity? This has…
Temptation and Spiritual Formation Stages
To grow spiritually and become more loving like Jesus Christ we need to understand the stages of our development and how to resist the temptations that thwart our progress.
