An Introduction to the Stations of the Cross
If you are feeling dry, distant, or weary, the Stations of the Cross are for you. Do you have a desire to experience a deeper…
Tag: Self-Denial
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,…
Your Lent Journey of Grace and Blessing
You may think of Lent as hard, somber, or only for Catholics, but like more and more Christ-followers, you can find your Lent journey to…
Letting Go of a Dream Can Bring Life
It hurts to let go a dream, but sometimes it’s for the best. By the age of thirty I’d written three books with mainline Christian…
Experience the Joy of Lent
Try this simple, inspiring discipline to live with the cross of Christ and empty tomb in your mind. It helps us turn from sin to Jesus. It's great for Lent.
Bless My Enemies, O Lord
How do you respond when a family member speaks harshly to you? When you’re publicly criticized or slandered? When you’re vandalized or abused? Often it’s…
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.
My Rhythm of Life With Jesus
As God’s beloved child, you are invited to experience a life of freedom and joy in the Kingdom of the Heavens—a rhythm of life with…
Submission to God
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time” (1 Peter 5:6). I consider submission to God a…
Sabbath
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy” (Exodus 20:8). Keeping a Sabbath day is more than a discipline, it’s also one of the Ten…