Episode 45: How to Grow in God When Your Soul is Tired and Life is Hard--with Bill & Kristi Gaultiere
Release Date: 12/07/2021
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Episode 46: Practical Ways to Put the Joy Back into Your Marriage Today--with Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey
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Need a sign to know if your marriage is thriving or struggling today? The clues are standing at your own front door: How do you feel when your spouse walks in at the end of the day? Are you greeting with a kiss or a cold shoulder? Do you feel eager to connect and share the events of the day? Is your spouse the reason you’re excited to come home? If your stress goes up and your happiness goes down when your spouse comes through the door, chances are you’re suffering from a “joy gap” in your marriage. Today’s guests, Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey, are here with a...
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Episode 45: How to Grow in God When Your Soul is Tired and Life is Hard--with Bill & Kristi Gaultiere
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You put your trust in Christ a long time ago. Since then, you’ve spent countless hours in prayer and reading the Bible. You’ve attended church and been faithful to give and serve however you can. You could tell story after story of how God met your needs and helped you along the way. Yet today, God feels distant and out of reach. It seems like your prayers hit the ceiling. Doubt, guilt, and discouragement are making a wreck of your faith. You wonder how to break down the wall and draw close to God again. Today’s guests, Bill and Kristi Gaultiere, are here to give you hope on your...
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Episode 44: How to Build the Love Life You've Always Hoped For in Your Marriage—with Gary Thomas
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Like Gary Thomas says, we come into marriage with certain “sexpectations” of what we’ll experience with our spouse. We look forward to romance, pleasure, and satisfaction over a lifetime of love together. But every couple struggles to sustain the passion. To understand each other’s needs and wants. To communicate our thoughts, feelings, and desires about the most personal part of our relationship. We want to draw close and experience all God designed sex to be, but we don’t know how to make it happen. Today’s guest, Gary Thomas, comes with practical insight to help you and...
info_outlineYou put your trust in Christ a long time ago. Since then, you’ve spent countless hours in prayer and reading the Bible. You’ve attended church and been faithful to give and serve however you can. You could tell story after story of how God met your needs and helped you along the way. Yet today, God feels distant and out of reach. It seems like your prayers hit the ceiling. Doubt, guilt, and discouragement are making a wreck of your faith. You wonder how to break down the wall and draw close to God again.
Today’s guests, Bill and Kristi Gaultiere, are here to give you hope on your journey of faith. Bill and Kristi have served both in ministry and as counselors for 30 years. They have authored a powerful book titled Journey of the Soul: A Practical Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Health to meet you in whatever stage of faith you’re living right now.
Bill and Kristi help us to understand
- The pain of feeling distant from God
- The “Christ stages” we experience in our Christian life
- Why we hit the wall and become stuck in our journey of faith
- The part suffering plays in our spiritual confusion
- How to open our soul to the Spirit in new ways
- How growing in God can help us cope with difficult emotions
- Spiritual practices that help us to connect with God when he seems far away
- The powerful impact of “soul talk” conversations with your spouse and kids
Bill and Kristi Gaultiere are the founders of Soul Shepherding, helping believers move toward intimacy with Jesus, emotional health, and loving relationships. As a psychologist and Spiritual Formation Pastor, Bill has trained over 1,000 lay counselors and taught courses in Christian psychology and spirituality at the graduate school level.
Bill and Kristi, a psychotherapist, train pastors and other men and women in ministry in their Soul Shepherding Institute and Spiritual Direction certificate program. Bill has been speaking in churches and conferences since 1987 and especially enjoys speaking with Kristi. You can listen to their weekly Soul Talks podcast and read their weekly Soul Shepherding blog.
This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc.