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Five Themes Facilitating Ill Health and Ineffectiveness Amongst Global Workers: Theme #3 Relationships in Crisis

This is the third in a series of five themes on dynamics that facilitate ill health and ineffectiveness amongst global workers. Here is the original list and links to read the first two: 1. Spiritual Anemia (read hear) 2. Holistic Exhaustion (read … Continue reading

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2014 Annual Reading List

Here is a partial annual reading list – an annotated list of books read in 2014. Once again, the author I strongly encourage you to be reading is Michael Reeves. His Delighting in the Trinity is having a profound impact on … Continue reading

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Five Themes Facilitating Ill Health and Ineffectiveness Amongst Global Workers: Theme #2 Total Exhaustion

Feeling a Little Like this Lately? One of the gifts of  engaging so many people from so many regions of the world is observing consistent themes. One of the themes that is always observed is exhaustion. No matter where we are, the people we … Continue reading

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Five Themes Facilitating Ill Health and Ineffectiveness Amongst Global Workers: Theme #1 Spiritual Anemia

© Scott E. Shaum 2014 The next 5 posts will address one of 5 themes I am seeing on a very consistent basis that lead to ill health (emotional, spiritual, relational, physical, etc.) and ineffectiveness. These themes are restricted to the … Continue reading

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Addressing a Huge Gap and the Primary Reason for Pastoral Care

© Scott E. Shaum 2014   Michael Reeves Delighting in the Trinity is one of those if-you-have-a-pulse-you-gotta-read-this-book reads. It is the most significant book I have read in the past 5 years or so. Reeves is a British historical theologian which … Continue reading

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