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STRENGTHENING YOUR SOUL
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Listen
Kaylene Derksen
How could learning to listen change our relationships for the better? How would we change if we learned to listen?
The Listening Life
Review by Christina Weikert
Adam McHugh's book, The Listening Life, should be on a required reading to-do life list somewhere.
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A Conversation with Doug and Adele Calhoun
By Soul Care Institute
Kaylene talks with Doug and Adele Calhoun (who call themselves holy disrupters) about the third retreat of the Institute and how the Enneagram helps us to find our identity in Christ.
Soul Care Reflections
Reflection entries to stir deep thinking.
Happy New Year!
By
Kaylene Derksen
As the new school year begins, it's a perfect time to embrace a fresh start, shedding old patterns and stepping into a transformative journey with the Soul Care Institute, where spiritual formation leads to true transformation.
Listen
By
Kaylene Derksen
How could learning to listen change our relationships for the better? How would we change if we learned to listen?
Soul Care Institute
Impact Journal
We invite you to savor a few stories along with some thoughts about soul care that highlight the impact this small organization is having in our world.
Read the Impact JournalSoul Care in Daily Life
Discover life-changing practices in these Soul Care in Daily Life resources.
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook
Adele Calhoun gives us directions for our continuing journey toward intimacy with Christ.
Prayer Apps
Check out some of our recommended prayer apps that we are using.
Lectio Divina Journal
The practice of lectio divina is a refreshingly different approach to reading the Bible prayerfully, slowly, and thoughtfully.
Self-Guided Retreats
Ideal resources to create your own Retreat.
Solo: Creating Space with God
Written during the Covid lockdown, this book encourages us in practical ways on how to retreat alone.
Space to Breathe
This new book provides ready-to-go retreats for a half day, full day or an extended getaway to breathe, listen, and notice communion with the One who loves you.
The State of My Soul Wheel
Created by Stephen W. Smith and Peter M. Ivey, the State of My Soul Wheel is an easy-to-use tool designed to help determine the current condition of one’s soul and is ideal for individual, couple, group, church and organization use.
Latest Book Reviews
Check out our selection of books that will make a difference in your life.
Asking Better Questions of the Bible
In Asking Better Questions of the Bible, Marty Solomon points us to the beauty and wonder and hope contained in the Scriptures.
The Weary Leader's Guide to Burnout
In The Weary Leader’s Guide to Burnout, Sean Nemecek takes Christian leaders on a journey from burnout through recovery and on to spiritual vitality.
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A Book Review of "Sabbath"
Sabbath is a book that will provoke you to reflect on your own pace of life and fear of stopping.
LOOKING FOR A Spiritual DIRECTOR?
Kim Van Natta
Kim Nielsen Van Natta is a trained Spiritual Director, Certified Forest Therapy Guide-Eco-ministry certified, an Ignatian Retreat Director and an Enneagram Practitioner with twelve years of experience. She loves to create environments and opportunities for others to encounter God, through individual, or group experiences, online, in person or in nature. With a Masters Specialization in Spiritual Transformation from Northern Seminary, Kim meets with individuals companioning them for their spiritual formation and in care of their soul. She works with many pastors and people working in ministry settings. Recently married to Will, the love of her life, they live in Colorado Springs, overlooking the mountains and enjoying time with God in His creation.
Contact
Kim Van Natta
at
kksn2011@gmail.com
Duane Hammack
Duane Hammack has been a professional care-giver for 39 years. Throughout his vocational journey, he has desired to be partnered with God to bring healing and effective life skills to those he serves. Initially, he did that as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) for 25 years in both the US and then the overseas context with evangelical missionaries. He is passionate in his belief that healthy and integrated spiritual, emotional, and psychological living form the foundation for the abundant life promised in the scripture. With his combined experience and training through the completed certificate in Soul Care at the Soul Care Institute, Duane finds great “life” from walking with others in the care of their soul.
Contact
Duane Hammack
at
duanehammack@gmail.com
Kaylene Derksen
Kaylene grew up in a large family with the core values of hospitality and being able to listen to and hold the stories people would tell. She apprenticed with AnamCara where she learned Spiritual Direction and has been a practicing director for 3 years. She lives with her husband in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She loves to read, travel, cook, and fill a table with family and friends. She is the president of the Soul Care Institute.
Contact
Kaylene Derksen
at
kaylene@soulcareinstitute.com
Michelle Rutt
Becoming more attuned to God’s presence in all aspects of life is Michelle’s lifelong desire for herself and others. She understands Spiritual Direction as a privileged relationship of accompanying others as they seek deeper knowledge of relationship with self, with others and with the Divine. Her offerings as a companion include Soul Care experience, centering practices, Enneagram training and experience and listening deeply.
Contact
Michelle Rutt
at
michelle@soulcareinstitute.com
Peter Ivey
Peter comes to spiritual direction with a background in outdoor ministry and soul care. He is a graduate of the Soul Care Institute and is currently a spiritual direction apprentice with Anam Cara. He finds joy in creating space for others to slow down and rest in the love of God, to take notice of the beauty all around and within, and to listen for the still small voice that calls us the beloved. He has been on an arduous journey through anxiety, fear of rejection, and self-doubt, a journey that has led him to embrace his role as poet, retreat facilitator, gardener, and spiritual friend. Peter lives in Asheville, NC, with his wife, Becca, and their three kids, Londyn, Owen, and Miles.
Contact
Peter Ivey
at
ivey.peter@gmail.com
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Janine Westlund
Janine appreciates the depth and individualization each person brings to this world and is passionate about life. After over 30 years in education with a focus on behavior management and disabilities, during part of that time living in Mozambique, Africa, Janine has found the heart of people to be calling and aching for care and love just like her own heart. She then committed to doing the work for her own spiritual transformation and learning the tools to provide soul care for others. Her learning included attending the Soul Care Institute and completing training as a spiritual director at Denver Seminary. Her deepest desire is for you to know that you are seen, chosen, and the beloved. She welcomes you on this journey with her.
Contact
Janine Westlund
at
both.and.janine@gmail.com
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Sean Nemecek
Sean Nemecek is the author of The Weary Leader’s Guide to Burnout and the West Michigan Regional Director for Pastor-in-Residence Ministries. He served as a pastor for 18 years before joining PIR. Now, he works as both a spiritual director and ministry coach. He is all about helping you feel seen, heard, and known as we notice the welcoming presence of our loving God. Use this link to schedule a free initial meeting with him.
Contact
Sean Nemecek
at
SeanNemecek@gmail.com
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Liz Carver
Liz Carver is an artist, author, and pilgrim based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is an International Enneagram Association (IEA) Certified Instructor, an Author of 10 books on the Enneagram, a Graduate of the Soul Care Institute Cohort 7, and is a Spiritual Director-In Training at Portland Seminary. In her free time, you can find Liz training for her next Camino, tending to her garden, or printmaking at a local print shop.
Contact
Liz Carver
at
elizabethcarver@gmail.com
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Jenness Gilles
While studying with the Soul Care Institute, Jenness also received her certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Pecos Benedictine Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. (2016-17) Personal Spiritual Direction has been the touchstone of her spiritual formation. She leads Day Retreats at NessDoor, her studio next door to her home in Midland. These 4-hour retreats include quiet journaling with prompts, light lunch, and creative expression. Her sometimes updated website is www.beadsnbottlecaps.com. Spiritual Direction options are in person (Midland TX, or near Seguin, TX) phone, FaceTime, or Zoom, normally once a month.
Contact
Jenness Gilles
at
jenness.d.gilles@gmail.com
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Kimberly Davis
Kimberly Davis is an ordained minister in Colorado Springs, a trained spiritual director, speaker at retreats and camps, and certified in the enneagram. Many years of ministry, mother of 5 adult children (two adopted) married to her college sweetheart, Kimberly understands pain and joy, sorrow and laughter, anguish and peace. There is no story too hard, no pain too great for our God to be greater still.
Contact
Kimberly Davis
at
kdavis@trinitynazarene.net
Latest Conversations
Meet the faculty of the Institute in these Soul Care Conversations.
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A Conversation With Chuck DeGroat
Kaylene talks with Chuck DeGroat about soul care as a catalyst for transformation, his new book coming out this fall, and getting back to the way of Jesus.
A Conversation with Doug and Adele Calhoun
Kaylene talks with Doug and Adele Calhoun (who call themselves holy disrupters) about the third retreat of the Institute and how the Enneagram helps us to find our identity in Christ.
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