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Join us for our upcoming alumni retreat, with our guest Jan Johnson. We'll come aside to realign and rediscover the joy of ministry – rooted in God’s presence. https://janjohnson.org/

Register for our event with Michael Wear : https://www.wellspringca.org/post/join-us-for-a-unique-wellspring-event Michael Wear is the Founder, President and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life, a nonpartisan, nonprofit institution based in the nation’s capital with the mission to contend for the credibility of Christian resources in public life, for the public good. For well over a...

Three recent SoulCARE alum share their experiences and gratitude for the program.

In part 4 of the "Lies Pastors Believe" series, Richard and Chris discuss deconstruction.

This is part three of our new “mini-series” on our podcast around “Lies Pastors Believe”.  We’re surfacing some of the flawed ideas that we’ve found in ourselves and other pastors, and we believe that naming and exploring these flawed stories will help us gain clarity about our calling and point us in a healthier direction. 

Three recent SoulCARE alum share their experiences and gratitude for the program.

This is part two of our new “mini-series” on our podcast around “Lies Pastors Believe”.  We’re surfacing some of the flawed ideas that we’ve found in ourselves and other pastors, and we believe that naming and exploring these flawed stories will help us gain clarity about our calling and point us in a healthier direction. 

We’re starting a new “mini-series” on our podcast around “Lies Pastors Believe”.  We’re surfacing some of the flawed ideas that we’ve found in ourselves and other pastors, and we believe that naming and exploring these flawed stories will help us gain clarity about our calling and point us in a healthier direction. 

Pre-order How to Walk into a Room Order The Next Right Thing Emily P. Freeman is the  Wall Street Journal  bestselling author of five books, including  The Next Right Thing: A Simple Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions.  With a masters degree in Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Friends University where she serves as a Residency Lecturer, her most important work is...

Curtis Chang bridges the worlds of secular institutions and theology. In the former world, he is the founder and CEO of Consulting Within Reach (CWR), a firm serving nonprofits and government agencies. His consulting work has won an award in social innovation from the Obama White House, and he teaches strategic planning as a faculty member of American University’s School of International Service....

Andy has lived in Santa Cruz, California, for over 25 years. He has an MA in Theology from Western Seminary and served as a youth pastor, college speaker, and college pastor before he became Lead Pastor at Faith Community. He's also a woodworker and plays in a Johnny Cash cover band called “Man In Black.” He's been married to his wife Aleta for 30 years, and they have three amazing children: Cassi...

What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion Todd Hunter is the founding bishop of The Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others and the founding pastor of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Costa Mesa, CA. He is past President of Alpha USA and former National Director for the Association of Vineyard Churches. He is author of Christianity Beyond Belief , Giving Church Anothe...

Get A Different Way : Recentering the Christian Life Around Following Jesus . Christopher A. Hall is a member of the Renovaré Ministry Team. He served as president of Renovaré from 2015-2022. Hall is author of a four volume set on the Church Fathers:  Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers ,  Learning Theology with the Church Fathers ,  Worshiping with the Church Fathers,  a...

Four recent SoulCARE alum share their experiences and gratitude for the program.

Trevor Hudson returns to discuss his latest book, Seeking God : Finding Another Kind of Life with St. Ignatius and Dallas Willard

SoulCARE alum, discipleship pastor at Westgate Church, and author of A Kids Book About Change, David Kim joins us again to discuss his latest book, Made to Belong: Five Practices for Cultivating Community in a Disconnected World .

Dr. Alison Cook is a psychologist and the author of two books, including her new book,  The Best of You  (Thomas Nelson 2022) and  Boundaries for Your Soul  (Thomas Nelson, 2018). For 20 years, Alison has helped women, ministry leaders, couples, and families learn how to heal painful emotions, develop confidence from the inside out, forge healthy relationships, and fully live o...

Watch the movie | Learn More Chuck serves as Professor of Counseling and Christian Spirituality and Interim D.Min. Director at  Western Theological Seminary  Holland MI. He is also a faculty member for the Soul Care Institute . A licensed therapist, a spiritual director, author, and speaker, Chuck is also a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America. His experience...

James K. A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin University, where he holds the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. Trained as a philosopher with a focus on contemporary French thought, Smith has expanded on that scholarly platform to become an engaged public intellectual and cultural critic. An award-winning author and a widely traveled speaker, he h...

Brian is one of our teaching pastors at PBC Cupertino when it opened in 1985, and has a special love for Hebrew, Psalms, poetry and Romania. With his wife Emily they have three daughters, two son-in-laws, and six grandchildren. Climbing With the Psalms Worksheet

Prayer Walks Breath Prayer Walk Life Lesson Walk Six Step Prayer Walking Exercise Personal Encounter Prayer Walk Adam Peacocke  is a lifelong Santa Rosa, CA resident who has been a passionate leader in the recovery efforts from the 2017 October wildfires that devastated Santa Rosa and surrounding Sonoma County. Out of the devastation, Adam saw the potential for his county to find new, more ef...

Three vignettes into the gift of the SoulCARE experience.

Daniel Stid is the former Program Director of U.S. Democracy at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, leading the foundation’s grantmaking to support the key values and institutions of U.S. democracy–in particular Congress, the first branch of government–in our polarized age. Previously, Daniel was a partner at The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consultancy, where he helped coordinate the organ...

Andrea Coli serves as the Executive Director of Lead Bold, and she is passionate about affirming and activating female ministry leaders. She has been in ministry for over 25 years and currently serves as the Teaching Pastor at CrossWinds Church in California's Bay Area. Andrea is part of the teaching team for Preacher Chicks United, an incubator for women of color to cultivate their gifts of preac...

For the past 11 years, Anthony was the Executive Director and Pastor for the Center Ministries at Peninsula Covenant Church (PCC) in Redwood City. Prior to joining the PCC staff, he spent nearly 21 years in high tech as an enterprise software sales executive and as a marketing executive. Anthony joins the Wellspring team as the new executive director. This is his SoulCARE story.