Category Archives: Shepherding Well

Theme #3: Inadequate (or absent) Theology and Practice of Suffering

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Scott Shaum

“It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.” Psalm 119:71 “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though some strange thing were happening to … Continue reading →

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Theme #2: Task over Relationship Part 2

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Scott Shaum

The previous post looked at the dynamic of leadership within organizational systems and how values play a role in that. In this second part on what drives us to be task focused over people focused, we will reflect upon emotional … Continue reading →

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Theme #2: Task over Relationship

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Scott Shaum

In the 30 years that I have been involved in the care of those who live and work cross-culturally, over-arching themes begin to surface. One of those themes is that the vast majority of hurts come from one’s own organization … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Major Themes Amongst Global Workers

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Scott Shaum

When I began this blog 9 years ago I wrote on 5 themes I had been seeing whilst working with cross-cultural workers around the world. You can find that first blog here. I followed that up a number of years … Continue reading →

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2022 Reads List

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Scott Shaum

Aren’t books wonderful? I love the feel of a new book in hand. I have growing stacks all over the house. Some I find I tuck into again and again. Attached is my 2022 reads list. Please feel free to … Continue reading →

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Annual Reads List 2021

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Scott Shaum

Aahhh, it has been a bumper year of books. Attached is my reads list for 2021. PLEASE, feel free to share this document. PLEASE, send me titles you found especially enjoyable to you – any genre. Thank you. Read on! … Continue reading →

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How Clear is Your Line of Sight?

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Scott Shaum

Line of sight is “a straight line along which an observer has unobstructed vision.”* How Unobstructed is Your Vision? Behold what manner of love of the Father that we should be called his children. 1 John 3:1 The presence and … Continue reading →

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Growing In Discernment

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Scott Shaum

Several years ago I came into a season of a very heavy spirit within. It was a time of desolation, of conviction. I had experienced this before. God was instructing me, showing me a pattern in my life that was … Continue reading →

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