Joining Jesus’ Sabbath Day
Lectio Divina is a delightful way to pray through a Bible passage. In our Soul Shepherding ministry, we use an especially refreshing and encouraging approach…
Tag: Sabbath
Rest: Sabbath Makes a Church Successful
If your church isn’t growing numerically or in spiritual depth or if it has been torn apart by conflict a major reason may be the…
Rest: The Other Side of Boredom
“I’m busy all the time,” a pastor told me. “And I love it!” But a few years later he blew out and lost his church.…
A Sabbatical Guide For Pastors
Soul Shepherding’s Sabbatical Guide for Pastors has been downloaded over 30,000 times so far. We (Drs. Bill and Kristi Gaultiere) are thankful that pastors, leaders,…
Play! Play!! Play!!! (Having Fun With Jesus)
“Play! Play!! Play!!!” that’s what our friend Papa Joe Johnson said to Kristi and I in our time of need. How do you play? When…
Our First Sabbatical (Why Pastors Need This!)
As you read this Kristi and I have just begun a Sabbatical together! Since starting Soul Shepherding in 2009 I’ve helped other pastors go on Sabbatical,…
Jesus and the Sabbath
There is much disagreement about Jesus and the Sabbath — did he follow the Sabbath, break the Sabbath, fulfill the Sabbath, or did Jesus come…
Sabbath Rest on Vacation
“Wave after wave of God’s love washes over me.” This little prayer inspired by Psalm 42:7 is a good summary of the ten days Kristi…
I Had Too Many Balls to Hit!
We just took our youngest child to college and arrived home to an empty nest. I said to Bill, “I feel like a baseball batter…
Notes From “An Unhurried Life”
Readers of our Soul Shepherding Devotionals will know that being unhurried with Jesus is a theme I often write about. That's because hurry is such a problem for many of us. So I was thankful to have Alan Fadling, a friend and colleague of mine, give a talk for a group of pastors and leaders on his new book, An Unhurried Life: Following Jesus’ Rhythms of Work and Rest. Here are my notes.