Paul says of his pastoral ministry, “I magnify my office” (Romans 11:13, KJV). Pastor, do you magnify your office? Paul’s example and instruction is not just for professional church pastors—though it’s especially for them!—it’s for all of Christ’s ambassadors. So let me re-ask the question. Bible teacher, small group leader, marketplace worker, elder, counselor, leader,…
Listen to this episode of Soul Talks: Drawing on teaching from the Soul Shepherding Institute, Bill and Kristi will inspire you to see your significant purpose in God’s Kingdom. Take hold of your calling and increase your confidence in God’s calling, equipping, and anointing on your life.
If you speak from a pulpit, classroom, blog, podcast, or small group you have a great opportunity to bless people. In my early 30’s I spoke to two thousand people in a church meeting and I was so panicky that I was sweating and tongue-tied. I vowed to never do that again! Like 75% of…
Listen to this episode of Soul Talks: Our series “Relationally Healthy Leadership” from our Institute continues in this episode focused on communicators. Listen in for helpful perspectives and strategies to communicate with authenticity, vulnerability, and trust in Jesus!
Listen to this episode of Soul Talks: What tempts you to be jealous? The Spirit invites us to get underneath even our difficult emotions and see the invitations for apprenticeship with Jesus. In this episode, Bill shares a personal story of a time he experienced jealousy and how a spiritual practice helped reveal what God was doing…
Sadly, we’ve all seen Christian leaders fail because they lacked emotional wholeness. Our godly intentions can be overrun by our personal shortcomings. Angry reactions, lustful impulses, conflict avoidance, emotional distance, prideful self-reliance, power plays, or the inability to work well with other people sabotage godly purposes and lead to failure. Usually when leaders fail or…
Listen to this episode of Soul Talks: In this week’s episode, hear from Bill as he teaches about SMART leadership in a session from the Soul Shepherding Institute. Learn how to increase your emotional intelligence, which is necessary for Christly character! Bill and Kristi follow up this teaching with a helpful and perspective-shifting discussion on…
Listen to this episode of Soul Talks: Ministry can lead to burnout, but that doesn’t have to be the end of the story! Tune into this teaching of the Soul Shepherding Institute on preventing burnout as a part of the Emotionally Healthy Leadership retreat. Learn to identify burnout and step back into Jesus’ easy yoke.…
Every Christian leader needs to overcome three temptations in order to be truly successful. These relate to you if you are a pastor or a parent, a small group leader or an executive, or whatever your area of responsibility over people is. If you minister to other people you will be tempted to follow the way of…
Listen to this episode of Soul Talks: We’ve all seen Christian leaders fall. Few finish well. How can we be one of those? This episode features a portion of a Soul Shepherding Institute session called “Christly vs. Cultural Leadership.” Sit in with this group of leaders to be challenged and inspired! Bill and Kristi will…