Episode 90 - A Soul Care Experience

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How do you “do” the invisible work of caring for your soul?

The Soul Care Institute was created to do just that -to help you discover what your soul has been longing for.

Kaylene Derksen, the President of the Soul Care Institute (and previous co-host for the podcast!) joins today’s podcast and chats with 3 students who are in the middle of their own journeys. Listen as they describe how they made the decision to join the Soul Care Institute and what they are learning through their journey.

Once you have listened to the podcast, go visit SoulCareInstitute.com to learn more about the Institute and to sign up for Cohort 10!

MENTIONED iN PODCAST

• Soul Care Institute

• Jeremiah 6:16 (MSG) - “…and you will find rest for your soul.”

• Lectio Divina

  • Podcast about Lectio Divina

  • DOWNLOAD the Lectio Divina Guide

• Competitive Edge International

• Retreat Locations

  • St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, nestled in a forest in North Carolina.

  • Geneva Camp and Retreat Center right on the coast of Lake Michigan.

  • The Hideaway Inn with views of Pikes Peak in Colorado. 

• Above All Else (the previous retreat for Potter’s Inn, run by new owners)

• Music in podcast: Sweet Hour of Prayer sung by Sounds Like Reign

  Sweet hour of prayer
  Sweet hour of prayer
  That calls me from a world of care
  And bids me at my Father's throne
  Make all my wants and wishes known
  In seasons of distress and grief
  My soul has often found relief
  And oft escaped the tempter's snare
  By Thy return, sweet hour of prayer

  Sweet hour of prayer
  Sweet hour of prayer
  The joys I feel, the bliss I share
  Of those whose anxious spirits burn
  With strong desires for Thy return
  With such I hasten to the place
  Where God my Savior shows His face
  And gladly take my station there
  And wait for Thee, sweet hour of prayer

  Sweet hour of prayer
  Sweet hour of prayer
  And wait for Thee
  Sweet hour of prayer

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Episode 89 - Exposing the Soul of the Pastor!

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The Soul Care Conversation in this episode is "Exposing the Soul of the Pastor!"  We live in a day of tension, frustration, and alienation - and no people group faces the brunt of the discord we navigate more than pastors of the local church.

We've gathered four pastors to have a candid conversation, which will be a portal for us to listen and understand the soul of the pastor in today's environment.

A pastor told me recently that "Pastoring today is like pastoring the United States which is now the fragmented states. We have the Anti-maskers, Pro-Maskers; the Anti this and the Pro that every time we meet. We have Blue people and Red People and every one matters people and I don't give a rip people.”

Imagine what this tension does inside the soul of the pastor! 

Please help us by sharing this podcast with anyone you know who works in and for the local church. Perhaps this Podcast will help a pastor, somewhere, feel not so alone and or alienated. Perhaps these words and voices might give voice to their own inner rumblings.

It's honest and raw - it's clarifying and helpful. 

Take a listen. Pass it around!

Every blessing,

Stephen W. Smith

HOSt & Special Guests

Joe Chambers is today’s host and the pastor of Mountain Heights Baptist Church in Buena Vista, CO. He studied at Oklahoma Baptist University, completed a two-year certification program in Soul Care from the Potter’s Inn Soul Care Institute and Fuller Seminary. Currently an apprentice with Anam Cara in Spiritual Direction. Living with his wife Lynette at the base of Mt. Princeton, Joe is an avid reader and writer, loves to tell stories and spend time in the wilderness.

Zach Bearss is the lead pastor of Clearview Community Church in Buena Vista, Colorado. He is married to Catherine and they have four children: Anna, Isaac, Noah and Joe. Pastor Zach has a passion to lead people into a transforming relationship with Jesus and authentic community with one another so that the light of the gospel can shine through their lives to the world.  

Jason Tippetts is married to Sarah and they live in Buena Vista, Colorado where they try to figure out how to have time together weekly as they raise 5 kids and two dogs. Jason is ordained in the PCA and is planting his second church in Colorado. Favorite hobbies are trying to decide with his wife what we feed the kids for dinner, looking for a quiet place to read in our house, and watching his weather app. Sometimes all at one time. 

Leslie Quilico is a daughter of God, wife to Steve, mother to three, & pastor & friend to many. She is a passionate learner who loves coffee, books, walks, & conversation. Her favorite conversations are with Jesus, & her biggest hope is to be a part of God's kingdom coming to earth on the daily.

Mentioned in Podcast

• A Burning in my Bones by Winn Collier - Eugene Peterson Biography

• The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

• Joe’s Reading of poem Exposed by Sarah Bourns

• Field Notes on the Jesus Way by Joe Chambers

• Music in podcast: When All Falls Silent by Geert D'hollander, sung by The King’s Singers

  When all falls silent,
  And the breath of life
  Flows from the source
  And calms the stormy sea,
  My heart-song,
  Always sung but seldom heard,
  Rises from the mist,
  Calling, calling…

  Then, slowly,
  I turn my gaze,
  Drawn toward beauty
  And the song’s amber light;
  I open my soul,
  And I am at peace,
  I am in harmony,
  Listening, listening.

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Donate Here for an individual contribution or on Patreon to set up monthly support.

CONTACT US

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INTERESTED IN MORE SOUL CARE RESOURCES?

Check out our recommended reading, books on spiritual growth, and our soul care blog. Want to experience soul care in person? Learn more about our soul care intensives and retreats. 

JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE!