soul care

Spiritual formation and spiritual leadership are key terms used in spiritual formation discussions and are essential to soul care .  Soul care starts with critical observation – this is the discipline of noticing the condition of the heart (the core of being as a person).  It includes the intentional examination of feelings, personal spirit, the voice of God, and how things in the environment are affecting the heart.  Of special importance is observing and understanding the areas of resistance – the areas where the heart opposes a particular teaching.  Because the terms spiritual formation and spiritual leadership have a strong relationship to each other it is important to articulate the interdependencies and distinctions between them.