Mindy Caliguire - Soul Searching

Mindy Caliguire is founder and president of Soul Care and a frequent speaker and retreat leader, working with groups such as the Spiritual Formation Alliance. She was formerly on staff in the area of spiritual formation at Willow Creek Community Church and continues as a member there. She and her husband, Jeff, live in Algonquin, Illinois, with their three boys.

If we look at the spiritual life through the lens of a marathon, we will discover that many of us are nearing exhaustion. We may not be on the sidelines or stumbling noticeably, but we are dangerously low on reserves, running on fumes. We arent sure that weve got what it takes to get to the end of the race.

If you identify with the image of a fainting runner, then this book will come as refreshing water for your thirsty soul. You have been running hard, and youve run a long way. But the end is nowhere in sight, and it may be uphill from here. You are going to need some resources to get you there.

Soul Care Resources are designed to be simple, but not simplistic, guides to maintaining or recovering the life and health of your soul, that essential personhood created by God as you. To do that, well do assessments to discern the current health of your soul. Well reflect on the reasons why your souls health matters so much. Finally, well explore practical ways to restore life and vitality to your soul through authentic connection with God as Father, Son and Spiritone step at a time.

There are four sections in this guide divided into five subparts. You can go through a part each day, covering the whole book in the course of four weeks. The material is flexible if you want to work in longer or shorter chunks of time. At the end of each section is group discussion material that you can use if you are meeting with a small group or a spiritual friend.

Also available in the Soul Care Resources series is Spiritual Friendship. This guide will allow you to explore specific ways to care for your soul in companionship with others.

Are you ready to recover your reserves?

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Our closets, our garages, our cupboards, our lives arelets face itcluttered. Stuff is everywhere: old yearbooks, projects we started years ago but never finished, commitments to activities that we now regret making but dont feel we can pull out of. Are you longing for spacefor simplicity? Here is a book to bring you there.

Soul Care Resources are designed to be simple, but not simplistic, guides to maintaining or recovering the life and health of your soul, that essential personhood created by God as you. In four sections Mindy Caliguire helps you discover and embrace who you are, set healthy boundaries and embrace simplicity as a lifestyle that brings freedom.

You use this book in small chunks of daily reading, covering the whole book in the course of four weeks. Also included are four guided group discussions for use with a small group or a spiritual friend.

Are you ready to start your journey toward simplicity?

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Mindy Caliguire knows and cares about the deep things of the soul. Shes been there. And she can be a wise guide here for you, says John Ortberg, author of The Life Youve Always Wanted.

We are tired. Many of us long for sources of nurture for our weary souls. But we dont know where to turn. Weve tried various Christian plans for growth, yet sometimes these programs leave us even more drained and frustrated. Interestingly, the answer can be found in our everyday lives: ordinary relationships can restore life and health to our depleted souls.

So why do we resist intimacy with others if its part of our souls architecture? Because people also cause us pain.

Soul Care Resources are designed to be simple, but not simplistic, guides to maintaining or recovering the life and health of your soul. Spiritual Friendship introduces you to principles of friendship that bring focus to your spiritual life. Youll discover what it takes to have a rich, God-centered relationship that will nourish your soul.

You use this book in small chunks of daily reading, covering the whole book in the course of four weeks. Also included are four guided group discussions for use with a small group or a spiritual friend.

Also available in the Soul Care Resources series is Discovering Soul Care, an introduction to the resources for spiritual health we have in Christ.

Are you ready to recover your reserves?

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Spiritual Formation for Individuals and Groups

SOUL SEARCHING

MINDY CALIGUIRE

Who Are You?

I approached the childrens ministry table that Sunday morning, eager to meet the volunteers who would welcome my son Josh into his new classroom. I kept Josh beside me so he could meet the women at the registration table and, with my hands on his shoulders, introduced him: This is Joshua Caliguire. The woman directly in front of Josh dutifully began to write out his name tag and sign him into the class, but the woman next to her looked up at me with great anticipation and asked, Do you know Mindy Caliguire?

Excuse me? I asked, thinking I had misunderstood the question. But immediately, she looked at me and asked again, Do you know Mindy Caliguire?