Soul Custody calls readers to pay attention to the state of their soul—and free it to thrive. Every day, inner and outer violence ravages the soul, leaving us weak, fearful, and malnourished. In Soul Custody, Stephen W. Smith presents eight choices to help readers reclaim custody of their one and only life—choices about silence, community, vocation, honoring the body, finding one’s true self, and more. As Smith reminds readers, allowing God to shape the soul leads to the deep, full, and satisfying life that God had in mind all along. This is not a self-help book. It is not a book of easy steps to a happy life. It is an invitation to the life God dreams for each of His children. It is a call to start living—to let the soul wake up to life as God intended.
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“Soul Custody is more than a book title—it’s a clear, specific, and direct appeal for us to care for the part of us that’s most lasting and real. With strong, yet gentle guidance, Steve shows us how to make soul-caring choices, anchored in the vastness of God’s limitless love, that will provide strength, direction, and equilibrium to every other aspect of our life. This is a must-read for anyone convinced that there’s nothing worth more than their soul.”
— Fil Anderson author of Running on Empty
“Soul Custody is a clarion call—a prophetic call to do something significant with your life before it’s too late. This book points the way to real life as God intended. No one is better qualified to write on this topic than Stephen W. Smith. I highly recommend it.”
— Gary Chapman, PhD, author of The Five Love Languages“A great, refreshing read! Soul Custody gives us the permission to live intentional lives, where we let God care for us even as we care for others. I wish I’d had it in my hands years ago. Motivating, thoughtful, really do-able, this book could set you on the life course you really long for.”
— Paula Rinehart, author of Strong Women, Soft Hearts" First 50 pages or so good...the rest = bleh. :( "
— Angela, 2/19/2013Stephen W. Smith is a spiritual director and the cofounder, with his wife of the Potter’s Inn ministry, a Christian ministry devoted to the work of spiritual formation and the care of the soul. He has pastored and planted churches in the United States and Europe. His books, including The Lazarus Life, are an integral part of the Potter’s Inn, along with ministry retreats and one-on-one counseling.