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Resources for Your Own Soul Care

Personal Retreat

• Desert Day material
• “A Cup Running Over,” article by Dallas Willard
• “From Solitude to Community to Ministry,” article by Henri Nouwen

Books

• Ruth Haley Barton
  • Invitation to Solitude and Silence
  • Sacred Rhythms
  • Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership
• Henri Nouwen
  • Discernment
  • Spiritual Direction
• Eugene Peterson
  • The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction
  • The Pastor
  • Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity
  • Under the Predictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness
• Richard Rohr
  • Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps

Websites/Other Media

• Life Together Apart, a 7 week free “course” inviting us to navigate the unsettled season: https://lifetogetherapart.katebowler.com/
• Pete Scazzero’s ministry, Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, has a treasure trove of resources (many free). Check out specifically his podcasts since March 17. He’s navigating this season with us and has very relevant teachings www.emotionallyhealthy.org
• Ruth Haley Barton shares some free resources to nurture your soul as a leader. Check out these Reflections and sign up for a free resource to take a deeper look at your own soul: https://transformingcenter.org/ruth-haley-barton-blog/

Podcasts

• Ruth Haley Barton—Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership
  • https://transformingcenter.org/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast/
• Pete Scazzero—Emotionally Healthy Podcast
  • https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/podcast/?v=7516fd43adaa
• James Bryan Smith—Things Above
  • https://apprenticeinstitute.org/category/podcast/
• Kate Bowler—Everything Happens
  • https://katebowler.com/podcasts