STRENGTHENING YOUR SOUL

Soul Care Resources

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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.

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?

The Impeded Stream

By
Kaylene Derksen
My soul seems to need be disturbed in order to grow. 

Soul 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.

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

Latest Conversations

Meet the faculty of the Institute in these Soul Care Conversations.

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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