“The reason I share my junk with you,” a pastor disclosed. “Is because you’re not a monkish spiritual formation guy. I can’t relate to the contemplative spiritual direction types.” I get Type A leaders. I understand being intense and driven to reach the goal. That’s putting it mildly — I’m a workaholic. I’ve been in…
“I feel so distant from God,” Rev. Howard-John Wesley admitted recently. “One of the greatest mistakes of pastoring is to think that because you work for God, you’re close to God.” If you’re a pastor or ministry leader I’m especially writing to you. But whatever your work is and however you serve God, you too…
“I was burned out and didn’t know it,” lead pastor Ken Baugh recalls. It happens to so many pastors and other leaders and caregivers—but it doesn’t have to be your story. “I was so depleted of my own energy that I had just enough to get from weekend to weekend… I came to the point…
One day I was having lunch with Dallas Willard and he asked me, “If you had one word to describe Jesus what would it be?” How would you answer that question? If you could only use one word to describe Jesus what would it be? Words for Jesus started running through my mind and out my mouth: Love… Compassion… Holy……
I was forty years old when I discovered the Gospel of Christ as an Easy Yoke and the Lord inflamed my heart with his love! I learned to live with the blessed awareness that the risen Christ is standing beside me, smiling and opening his arms to me! This is true for you, right now.…
In Jesus’ day, a rabbi’s teaching was called a yoke. The teaching-yoke of the religion scholars and priests was an endless list of laws, rules, traditions, and expectations that no one could measure up to — it was nobody’s best life! But Jesus offered to free the people, including the religious leaders, from this deadly…
Featured In Your Best Life In Jesus’ Easy Yoke The best New Year’s resolution I ever made was to pray a simple prayer of the heart propelled me into a great spiritual renewal when I was forty years old. Now it’s the beginning of 2020 and I’m continuing in this prayer! My friend Pastor Bucky Dennis,…
It’s a joy and honor for Kristi and me to offer Soul Shepherding to you, your church, and your friends! We’re thankful that in 2019 our content had 5,000,000 views! You want to thrive with Jesus in your life and work. We can do that together! Our resources and training guide you in how to…
In the stress of the Christmas season, we can lose our sense of Christ Jesus and his joy. We’d like to share with you another simple Breath Prayer from the Bible for Advent called “Room for Jesus.” We constantly hear from people who appreciate our short, Scripture-inspired prayers of the heart. (See our resources Breath…
In the stress of the Christmas season we can lose our sense of Christ Jesus and his joy. We’d like to share with you a simple Breath Prayer from the Bible for Advent called “King Jesus, My Joy.” We constantly hear from people who appreciate our short, Scripture-inspired prayers of the heart. (See our resources…