Soul Talks With Bill & Kristi Gaultiere

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The Benefits of Setting Your Imagination on Jesus Mar 26, 2024

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We all know the harm our imaginations can do when we live into stories that fall short of God’s best for our lives. But creative thinking can also be a powerful tool in your apprenticeship to Christ.Join us for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi teach you how to set your imagination on Jesus and flourish in the reality of his invisible kingdom. Engaging your imagination during prayer and Bible meditation will help you encounter Christ in more personal and fresh ways.

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Is Jesus' Incarnation as Big a Suffering as His Cross? Mar 19, 2024

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God is reaching out to us in innumerable ways, but the greatest demonstration of his love is through the Incarnation. We often reflect on Jesus’ suffering on the cross but may overlook the suffering he also endured while taking on human flesh and living among us.

Join us for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi discuss how God’s perfect empathy is revealed in his Incarnation. Meditating on Hebrews 4:15 and focusing on his experiences of suffering will help you find confidence in Jesus’ empathy for you in your trials. As you grow in this grace through community, your wounds can bring healing to others.

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For Type A Leaders and the Spouses Who Love Them Mar 12, 2024

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Type A and Type B leaders can be on different wavelengths with opposing priorities and needs. While this may often result in conflict, there is also deeply important work to be done to learn and grow from these differences.

Join us for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi unpack their experiences as a couple with different values, drives, and personalities. We need relationships that refine us like iron sharpens iron. Even in painful times, you can come to see these differences as a gift of love from the Lord to shape you to love and serve like Jesus. You’ll also learn ways to talk about these issues with your loved one.

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Surprised by Grace in Hard Times Mar 05, 2024

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We all face difficult circumstances at some point in our lives. Even though they may not be what we would choose, they provide us the opportunity for deeper formation in Christlikeness.

Tune in for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi discuss enduring discipline. While we may struggle in hard times, we can learn to see God loving us in them and willing good for us. Reflecting on Jesus’ example of suffering helps us practice submission and trust and recognize the hidden blessings in our own sufferings.

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Real Community is Possible for You Feb 27, 2024

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Real community is critical for the care of our souls. When you press into Jesus with your needs and join with others doing the same, your intimacy with Jesus grows and you find space for your soul to rest.

Tune in for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi discuss the benefits of a retreat community. You’ll catch a vision for the ways this powerful form of soul care creates opportunities for necessary growth and healing and equips you for more fruitful ministry and life.

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Surprising Sweetness in Suffering Feb 20, 2024

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Suffering is hard. When we face an unexpected stretch of illness or other difficult circumstances, we may feel disoriented and lost. Yet in the pause from our normal rhythm of life, God is doing a deep work.

Join us for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi discuss a recent experience of suffering. Even in the trial, there is intimacy and sweet companionship to be found in a greater understanding of Christ’s sufferings for you and his presence with you.

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The Enneagram & Marriage: A Conversation with Jackie Brewster Feb 13, 2024

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How can the Enneagram help your marriage? The Enneagram is a beautiful tool for growth when it’s used in the right way. Increasing your understanding of yourself and your spouse strengthens your relationship so you can grow together.

Tune in to Soul Talks as Kristi interviews author, Enneagram coach, podcast host, and experiential specialist Jackie Brewster as they discuss her new book, The Enneagram and Your Marriage. When you understand behavior patterns in your relationship, you can take responsibility for your own challenges and grow in empathy and compassion for each other.

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Lessons From an Old Russian Spiritual Director Feb 06, 2024

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Older devotional classics enliven our hunger for God and help us recognize our desperation for Jesus. Reading stories of average people powerfully transformed and used by God encourages our faith and deepens our intimacy with Jesus.

Join us for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi share insights gleaned from a Russian spiritual director in Poustinia: Encountering God in Silence, Solitude and Prayer. This expression of spiritual direction will inspire you to view your soul as a private prayer space for the Lord (a poustinia) where you receive others with hospitality and love.

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Q & A on Earning a Certificate in Spiritual Direction Jan 30, 2024

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Are you longing to go deeper with Jesus in emotional health and loving leadership? Joyful, anointed by God, overflow ministry goes beyond techniques. It’s a rhythm of life and a way of being with God and others in relationship.

Tune in to this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi talk about their journey of growth through spiritual direction and answer common questions about Soul Shepherding’s certificate in spiritual direction. No matter what your background or life stage, whether this is for your own formation or to pursue working as a spiritual director, this accessible and practical training will equip you to joyfully follow Holy Spirit’s leading in all of your relationships and ministry.

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What it's Like to Earn a Certificate in Spiritual Direction Jan 23, 2024

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Do you long for more in your relationship with God and from your relationships in ministry? Spiritual direction can foster your formation in intimacy with Jesus, and out of the overflow of your own growth, help others experience the same thing.

Join us for this episode of Soul Talks as Bill and Kristi talk about earning a certificate in spiritual direction. If you long for time to focus on your own discipleship to Jesus, meet with a spiritual director, process with soul friends, be guided by Holy Spirit, and train in soul care and spiritual disciplines, consider entering our spiritual direction training program. It is a powerful time of growth for your own journey that will bless others as well.

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