Research-grounded and pastorally delivered. Scott speaks to pastors, ministry teams, missions communities, congregations, and anyone walking through a hard season — at conferences, retreats, and Sunday gatherings alike.
Why gifted leaders break, the factors that quietly wear them down, and what leaders and organizations can do to build health that lasts.
Request This Talk →All TopicsFive truths that hold when life doesn't make sense — an honest, hope-filled word for grieving and hurting people, and for those who walk with them.
Request This Talk →All TopicsThe unhurried rhythm of Psalm 23 — how to be led, to rest, and to recover the pace of a soul that is shepherded.
Request This Talk →All TopicsThree teaching tracks — leader health, hope in suffering, and the rhythm of rest. Each track scales from a single keynote to a multi-day retreat, and every topic can be shaped to your people and your schedule.
From the research behind Ministry in Crisis — for pastors, staff teams, boards, and denominations.
A guided group session built on the TMH and Vulnerability Signature assessments. Participants discover where they are across the Three Pillars and why they’re there through their Vulnerability Signature — then move into interpretation, small-group processing, and personal recovery planning. Available in half-day, full-day, or multi-day retreat depth, with cohort processing for most and focused one-on-one support for those in or near burnout.
For boards and denominations.
From Still True: What God Wants You to Know in Your Hardest Season — for grieving people, care teams, and congregations.
A guided experience that walks a room through the five truths that hold when everything falls apart — God sees you, God is good, nothing is wasted, He won’t let go, and hope holds. Moves from honest opening to Scripture, story, and personal response, and scales to a keynote, a half-day, or a multi-day retreat, with room for one-on-one care for those in the middle of loss.
The signature message. Five things that stay true in the hardest season — and something strong enough to hold onto when understanding runs out.
The theological anchor of the book. The difference between what God allows and what God authors, and between His seeing and His causing (John 10:10).
Walking Romans 8 as a single, continuous grief arc — from “no condemnation” to “nothing can separate” — rather than isolated verses.
The phrases that wound, the ones that help, and what faithful presence actually looks like. Built for care teams, boards, and congregations.
How God brings good out of evil without authoring it — holding pain and promise in the same hand, and letting the middle be the middle.
A hands-on workshop on the Compartmentalizer, Absorber, Internalizer, Externalizer, and Spiritualizer — self-assessment, small-group processing, and one honest next step. The most portable framework in the book.
Turning the five truths and the pain patterns into a repeatable local-church care model — who does what, how to start, and how to keep it going.
The pastoral model behind the book, for pastors and care leaders. Pairs naturally with the Letter to Pastors framework and its practical principles.
For spouses, families, and caregivers — keeping grief open so it doesn’t go underground, and honoring the pace each person needs.
A full-day or overnight retreat that presents all five truths with space for reflection, response, and rest — no book required to attend.
Complete team development for a congregation that wants to meet loss well — combining the care model, the pain patterns, and what-not-to-say training into one build-out.
From the forthcoming He Makes Me Lie Down: A 180-Day Rest Guide — for exhausted leaders, staff teams, and households.
A guided experience that walks a room through the shepherd’s rest of Psalm 23 — why we won’t lie down on our own, why the Shepherd sometimes has to make us, and how a soul actually gets restored. Moves from honest exhaustion to Scripture, story, and a rest rhythm to carry home, and scales to a keynote, a half-day, or a multi-day retreat, with room for one-on-one care for leaders running on empty.
The signature message. Fear, friction, pests, and hunger — the four things that keep sheep, and the rest of us, up on our feet — and what the Shepherd provides so we finally rest.
The theological anchor of the book. Why the psalm doesn’t say the Shepherd invites us to lie down but makes us — and how the thing that feels like being stopped is actually being loved (Psalm 23:2).
Walking Psalm 23 as a single, continuous arc — from “I shall not want” to “I will dwell” — rather than a string of familiar verses, and finding rest built into every line.
For leaders, boards, and care teams. The early signals of a soul running down, what to say to an exhausted leader and what not to, and how to intervene before collapse rather than after.
A cast sheep is one that has rolled onto its back and can’t get up on its own. What it means to be cast down, why the Shepherd goes after that one, and how restoration actually happens.
A hands-on workshop on the four things that keep a soul from rest — fear, friction, pests, and hunger — with self-assessment, small-group processing, and one honest next step. The most portable framework in the book.
Turning the guide’s daily practice into a sustainable rhythm — daily, weekly, and seasonal — that survives a real calendar, and how to keep it going past week three.
The rest model behind the book, for pastors and ministry leaders. Pairs naturally with Ministry in Crisis and its burnout-prevention framework — how to lead others to still waters without drying up yourself.
For spouses, families, and teams — protecting each other’s rest, naming what steals it, and honoring the different pace each person needs to actually lie down.
A full-day or overnight retreat that doesn’t just teach rest but practices it — Scripture, stillness, reflection, and genuine restoration, with space to be led beside still waters. No book required to attend.
Complete team development for a congregation or staff that wants to stop running on fumes — combining the rest diagnostic, the 180-day rhythm, and burnout-prevention training into one build-out for a culture that lasts.
Every topic is available as a keynote, a half-day workshop, or a full-day or retreat intensive. Assessment integration is available for attendees. Contact for pricing and availability.
Scott writes — and speaks — as a fellow traveler who understands both the weight and the wonder of leading God's people.Dr. Wayne Cordeiro
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