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Feed My Shepherds

Feed My Shepherds

Spiritual Healing and Renewal for Those in Christian Leadership  

by Flora Slosson Wuellner
Paperback
Clergy & Laity Spiritual Practice

A church member has just lost a parent. Another member is scheduled for surgery. Yet another member is having marital problems.

Just another day in the life of a congregation.

Church leaders (both clergy and lay) give immeasurable comfort and nourishment to those in need. But it sometimes leaves them drained, stressed, and wounded. Feed My Shepherds addresses the struggles and burnout experienced by those in caregiving ministries and offers practical tips for practicing healthy spirituality.

"While all Christians need nurture, the active leader who encounters spiritual and emotional stress daily has special, urgent needs," writes Wuellner. "If the shepherd is not fed along with the sheep, that inner hunger and fatigue, those unhealed hurts can cause the shepherd to do great, unconscious harm to those within his or her care."

By looking at the intense, healing relationship between the risen Jesus and his disciples, Wuellner offers a paradigm of healing for today's disciples as well. She draws on scriptures from the Gospels' post-Resurrection narratives and adds spiritual reflections, personal questions, and guided meditations that can meet a variety of needs.

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-8358-0810-1
Publisher: The Upper Room
Imprint: Upper Room Books
Publication Date: 12/01/2005
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 8.5000 x 5.5000

Flora Slosson Wuellner, a retired ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, is well known throughout the United States and Europe for her writings and retreat leadership that focus on the inner healing that God freely offers through Christ. She has been involved in the specialized ministry of spiritual renewal for over 40 years and has written 14 books on inner healing and renewal. Educated at the University of Michigan and at Chicago Theological Seminary, Wuellner has served pastorates in Wyoming, Idaho, and Illinois. She currently lives in Fair Oaks, California.

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