Soul Talks With Bill & Kristi Gaultiere

When your spouse or another loved one hurts you hurt. Pastor’s wife Susan Baugh shares her story of feeling alone, confused, and afraid when her lead pastor husband was opposed by church leaders and lost his pulpit. Here’s how to “carry each other’s burdens” to make it through a dark valley to see the sunrise. This is the last of the 4-week series, “Repairing Torn Hearts and Relationships.”

“We couldn’t have made it through the church conflict, pain, and fear without our friends who supported us.” That’s what Pastor Ken and Susan Baugh share with Bill and Kristi as we continue our series on “Repairing Torn Hearts and Relationships.” Here’s what it looks like to heal, forgive, bless, and love those who hurt us in our church or family. This is the third of the 4-week series.

“Excuse me, Lord, why should I go the elders and apologize? They wronged me!” That’s how Ken Baugh felt after being terminated as lead pastor. But having receiving empathy and emotional healing, now he took ownership of his part of the leadership conflict, humbled himself, and said, “I want to listen and understand how I hurt you.” This is the second of a 4-week series on “Repairing Torn Hearts and Relationships.”

“I was burned out and didn’t even know it,” Ken Baugh says to Bill, reflecting on being a lead pastor. He shares his story of stress overload, church conflict, fear, shame, anger, and how God used this to call him into a new and deeper ministry of being a wounded healer to disciple people to Jesus. This is the first of a 4-week series on “Repairing Torn Hearts and Relationships.” Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Joy! Joy! Joy! Christ is risen! This is history and it’s the great opportunity of each day to appreciate that the Spirit of Jesus is resurrected, alive in our midst. He’s unseen, but we can greatly benefit from his presence and power in whatever we do. Stations 15 in “Unforsaken: With Jesus on the Stations of the Cross”

Grace comes to nourish and empower us as we pray Jesus’ cross prayer of abandonment, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” It’s “letting go” and resting in God’s provision. We need this prayer each day and when we or a loved one die. We can hold Jesus in our heart — even as Mary cradles Jesus when he dies. Stations 13 and 14 in "Unforsaken: With Jesus on the Stations of the Cross"

It’s in times of pain and distress that we’re most likely to feel alone. Yet, that’s when we most need care and help! On the cross Jesus shows us how to trust God when we feel abandoned. He gives himself to us and connects us with a soul friend. Stations 11 and 12 in “Unforsaken: With Jesus on the Stations of the Cross”

We all fall down — physically or emotionally. Jesus fell under the weight of the cross and rose again. Looking to Jesus together, heart to heart, we can recover from discouragement, even depression and abuse. We can forgive. We can learn to love our enemies. Stations of the Cross 9 and 10 of "Unforsaken"

The two times we tend to feel depressed or ashamed are when we fall down and when we suffer loss. On his crosswalk Jesus helps us carry these burdens and shows us the better way of reaching up to take hold of God's hand of grace. Stations 7 and 8 in "Unforsaken"

In pain it’s tempting to isolate and feel sorry for ourselves, but on his crosswalk Jesus shows us the way into the graces of companionship and kindness. This week’s Scriptures and stories in the “Unforsaken” (Lent) journey are precious and powerful! Stations 5 and 6 of “Unforsaken”