People in crisis never asked Jesus if it was a convenient time for Him to help, but routinely interrupted Him with their emergencies. What’s your response when the sheep in your life interrupt you?
A Wounded Heart
If you begin 2022 with a distressed spirit, may this prayer from Arthur Bennett’s The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions help you find vision in your valley…
Nothing
Have you ever really thought about what our Jesus did to become our Emmanuel – God WITH us?
Shepherd in Action – Edwin Supo
Gerri Johnson, former shepherdess of 1,000 sheep and currently an entrepreneur in Medical Lake, Washington, shares her heart for shepherding all of those with whom we come into contact.
Shepherds Need to Get with the Plan
Repeatedly asking “why?” helps us surface the most important, often hidden values underneath our strategies and efforts. When we dare to include Scripture in the inspection of our foundations, as shepherd leaders we can align more effectively with the heart of God.
Not Just Another Shift
Have you ever thought of your work as drudgery? Same job. Same tasks. Same co-workers. Day after day after day. I wonder if the ancient shepherds of Israel ever felt that way.
Pouring
Just as the rain I hear dropping in bucket loads outside of my window today will not return to me empty in the months ahead, the same is true of the sacred Scriptures. Every promise. Every prophecy. Every Word. Without exception. Will deliver.
Shepherd in Action – Gerri Johnson
Gerri Johnson, former shepherdess of 1,000 sheep and currently an entrepreneur in Medical Lake, Washington, shares her heart for shepherding all of those with whom we come into contact.
I’m Sunk
God often calls us to wait. To trust Him beyond the borders of our experience, our comfort, and our humanity. To trust that while we wait, He is working. Growing us. Refining us. Deepening our faith.
Grateful
I pray you can join me in this place of worshipful gratitude.
Your Ride With Jesus
The subject line of the email jumped out at me: “Your Ride with Jesus on October 15”. Yes, I rode with Jesus on October 15, but don’t I ride with him every day??
Trapped
Have you ever felt trapped in a place where there seemed to be no way out? Centuries ago, King Hezekiah of Judah was trapped as well.
“Ain’t They Got No Shep’erd”?
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Sacrificial Shepherds
I have my Savior to thank for the voluntary sacrifice He made for my spiritual liberty. Let’s together also thank those He has used to provide for our physical freedom.
Shepherding Our Clergy
The concept of “shepherding up” is broached at every workshop we facilitate, and it nearly always produces the same reaction: a look of confusion, of wonder, and a “Really??” stare. In a nutshell, it’s the concept of shepherding those who shepherd us.
The Song I Sing in the Darkness
No work of art is more beautiful, more valuable, more irreplaceable, than the twenty-third psalm. David’s great psalm employs the simplest of images—that of a shepherd and his sheep—and assures of the greatest of truths—that God is forever present with his people.
Shepherd in Action – Jerry White
What a privilege it was to sit down with Jerry White, President Emeritus and Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. Board of Directors of The Navigators, to talk about shepherd leadership.
Why Shepherd Leadership?
There’s a pivotal element of shepherding that seems to be the most lacking in today’s world. It’s that of Presence.
Presence
There’s a pivotal element of shepherding that seems to be the most lacking in today’s world. It’s that of Presence.
Protection
Protection is a pivotal responsibility of shepherding well.