A SoulShaping® track
You are a shepherd.
You are also a sheep.
For pastors and ministry staff who have spent years tending others—care, honesty, and rhythms for your own soul.
Book + spiritual journal
Shaping A Pastor's Soul
Written by a pastor of forty-four years, for the week you're actually having.
Sermon prep is not soul care. This book and its leather-bound spiritual journal give you a place to be a sheep again—honest pages, short readings, and practices that survive a funeral, a board meeting, and Sunday all in one week.
14 chapters written for pastoral realities
Sabbath planning for a ministry calendar
Confidential peer cohort conversation cards
Guides for burnout, conflict, transition
Study that feeds you before it feeds them
Two pieces, one practice
The book and the journal
The book is written for the week you're actually having. The leather journal is where you get to be a sheep again—honest pages nobody else reads.
Part one · Read it
Shaping A Pastor's Soul
14 chapters from a pastor of forty-four years on burnout, conflict, transition, and studying Scripture as food before material.
14 chapters for pastoral realities
Sabbath planning for a ministry calendar
Guides for burnout, conflict, transition
Also in eBook ($11.99)
Part two · Write it
The Pastor's Soul Journal
A leather-bound spiritual journal with the Monday Examen, self-watch prompts, and pages for the calls nobody sees.
The Monday Examen after every Sunday
Weekly self-watch prompts
Confidential peer cohort conversation cards
Undated pages—miss a week without guilt
Book + Journal set
Save $4—and give yourself somewhere to be honest this week.
$38
The hazards of the work
So busy serving the Lord that fellowship with
the Lord gets forsaken.
Ministry without margin
Sermons, crises, and meetings consume the very hours your soul most needs.
Studying, not savoring
Scripture becomes raw material for others before it becomes bread for you.
Nowhere to be weak
The one place you cannot safely be unwell is often the place you serve.
Revelation 2:4 exhorts us to keep our First Love first. Empty pastors make empty congregations—vitality overflows from the leader.
WHAT GETS IN THE WAY:
No margin
Isolation
Expectation
Guilt
Meet Rev Dr. Doug Rumford
Pastor. Teacher. Author. Coach.
Forty-four years in the same seat.
“I pastored five churches. I know how a growing ministry can quietly coexist with a shrinking interior life—and I know the practices that reverse it.”
Doug Rumford — Author of SoulShaping®
Certified consultant, life and leadership coach, master's degree and doctorate, and currently developing a seminary-level SoulShaping® course.
44+
Years of ministry in five churches
300k+
Books and Bible
projects sold
50+
Conferences taught
100s
Leaders coached
and mentored
THE PLAN
How this track works
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Take the assessment
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Schedule a call
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Join a pastors' cohort
Five honest minutes, written for pastoral realities—not generic self-help.
A confidential conversation. No pressure, no program pitch.
Weekly rhythms and a circle of peers who serve where you serve.
Choose your way in
One framework, three ways in
SoulShaping®
for Individuals
Jesus didn't die so you'd stay the same. He died for abundant life.
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Diagnose the 10 symptoms of soul neglect
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Build the 5 vital signs of spiritual vitality
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Discover the practices that fit your season
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Create your own Soul Plan
The SoulShaping® Experience for Small Groups
Move beyond shallow discussion into life-changing community.
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A clear path from knowing about God to living alive in Christ
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Group kits with videos, guides, and journals
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Facilitator support—no expert required
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Designed for 6-12 week rhythms
For Congregations & Organizations
Align your fellowship, workplace, and ministry around spiritual vitality.
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Pastor and staff resources
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Sermon and teaching frameworks
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Congregation-wide campaign materials
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Consulting and implementation support
Peek inside
Pages built for
a ministry week
The Monday Examen
Ten minutes to name what Sunday cost you—before the next week takes it.
Bread Before Sermon
A method for reading Scripture as food first, material second.
The Sabbath Plan
Protect one day in a calendar that assumes you're always available.
Where It Hurts
Honest pages for conflict, criticism, and the calls nobody sees.
The Self-Watch
Weekly journal prompts for redemptive self-awareness.
Your Own Shepherd
Finding the confidential peers and care you keep giving away.
Kits & bundles
Kits for pastors and staff
For one pastor, a staff team, or a whole denominational cohort. Confidential by design.
Pastor's Set
Book plus leather spiritual journal.
$38
Shaping A Pastor's Soul book
Leather spiritual journal
Sabbath and rhythm planning cards
Pastoral soul-care assessment
Church Staff Kit
Care for the whole team that cares.
$219
6 books + 6 journals
6 video sessions with Doug Rumford
Facilitator guide with confidentiality covenant
Staff retreat outline and handouts
One live cohort call with Doug
Most Popular
Denomination & Network
Cohorts across a region or network.
Custom
Bulk book and journal pricing
Cohort launch and facilitator training
Regional retreat teaching by Doug
Ongoing coaching for at-risk pastors
Reporting for network leadership
If nothing changes
Serving on empty
Preaching what you're no longer tasting
Cynicism creeping into the calling
No safe place to be unwell
Burnout, conflict, or quiet exit
What life can look like
Shepherding from fullness
Scripture as bread for you first
Sabbath that actually happens
Peers who hold it with you confidentially
A congregation that feels the overflow
Start here
Let someone care
for you for once.
Take the free five-minute assessment, or schedule a call with Doug Rumford.
