3 Ways a Spiritual Director Can Help You
What do you do when you’re struggling to feel God’s love? Or prayer and spiritual disciplines aren’t “working” like they used to? Or you can’t…
Tag: Empathy for Emotions
How to Be the Spiritually Healthy Person You Want to Be
This week on the Soul Shepherding Blog our good friend Steve Carter lights the path to help you be the spiritually healthy person you want…
7 Steps of Forgiveness
Forgiveness is more than a decision — it’s a process of praying, sharing feelings with a confidante, and adjusting attitudes—and these 7 steps of forgiveness…
4 Boundaries for Emotionally Safe Groups
The most important job of a small group leader is to maintain healthy boundaries that keep the group emotionally safe for everyone. If the group…
How to Rest in the Ocean of God’s Love
As a Christian woman leader sometimes I have felt disrespected and unwanted. One time after this happened I heard a pastor say, “God’s love is…
What God’s Voice Sounds Like
One night when we were in college, as Bill and I (Kristi) were eating basketfuls of tortilla chips at a restaurant, he shared about a…
Real Faith Has Real Feelings
In my late 20’s I was like the woman of the old Enjoli perfume commercial who sings, “I can bring home the bacon, fry it…
How to Lead With Hope
The hope you need is not in a vaccine, “back to normal” church, or anything visible — it’s in the presence of Jesus risen! The…
A Map For Your Journey
When our son David was eleven years old, I took him on a twelve-mile hike. It was a wonderful father-and-son adventure — till we headed…
5 Tips for a Healthy Small Group
No one grows spiritually alone — we need to be in community. That’s why it’s important for discipleship to Jesus to include participating in a…