Category Archives: The Shepherd’s Health

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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5 Themes Amongst Cross-Cultural Workers – Theme #1: Not Taking Spiritual Vitality and Growth Seriously Enough

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Scott Shaum

Amongst those in vocational ministry there is a consistent theme of being under grown in spiritual depth for the vocation before them. True, we are never adequate in ourselves for what is before us. But is our growth trajectory one … 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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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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Strengthening Oneself in God Amidst a Crisis

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Scott Shaum

Recently I was confronted with a problem that there was literally nothing I could do to solve. Immediately I felt the visceral response within. I was faced with a very strong temptation to give in to an internal response that … Continue reading →

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Pilgrimage Guide Included

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Scott Shaum

“When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” John 16:14 This “truth” that the Spirit of truth is guiding us into is not a mere download of doctrine. Rather, it is into the … Continue reading →

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Settling into Patience

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Scott Shaum

“I was in a Woods, thickety in places….It was impossible to hurry there;                               And I settled myself into Patience….“* Life is indeed very “thickety in places.” What … Continue reading →

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The State of Your Treasury

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Scott Shaum

Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.”  And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his … Continue reading →

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