Tips from Dallas Willard’s Personal Devotions
Remembering Dallas Willard: September 4, 1935, to May 8, 2013 I heard Dallas Willard speak on prayer and spiritual disciplines many times. One time was…
Unforsaken: Your Greatest Need
On the cross, Jesus shows that you are unforsaken by God. It’s your greatest need. It’s the greatest need of the people you care for,…
COVID-19: Help for Grief
It’s like there’s a dark cloud called COVID-19 hovering over us. It’s generating worry, irritableness, discouragement, and especially tiredness. What is this dark cloud? What…
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…
When it Rains on Your Parade
In 2006 our family was excited to go to the New Year’s Day Rose Parade with some friends, but when we got up early that…
Top Ten Soul Shepherding Posts of 2013
This year Soul Shepherding received 562,204 page views, including crossing the milestone of 1,000,000! (Since January 1st of 2010 we’ve received 1,281,230 page views.) What…
Psalm 110: a Message in a Bottle
How did Jesus know he was the Messiah? When did he realize who he was? I invite you to ponder and pray on this question…
A Cheerleader Gets in the Race
When Bill suggested our family run a 10K “Turkey Trot” race together on Thanksgiving morning I was surprised. Our youngest daughter Briana and I have…
Grateful to God in Trials
Whenever God allows suffering into our lives it’s because he has something better for us. Of course, we don’t want to go through trials! But even…
A Pastor and Wife’s Divine Romance
Ray and Anne Ortlund have been an inspiration to Kristi and I. They showed us what it looks like for busy pastors, busy ministry leaders,…
How to Read the Sermon on the Mount
I was taught in seminary that the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5 to 7) wasn’t one sermon of Jesus’, but a collection of his…
Transforming Your Feelings and Emotions
This is an updated version of a Bible study I did in 2006 on the role of feelings/emotions in spiritual formation in Christ. It is…
