Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

By Ruth Haley Barton

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A lively dialogue with Ruth Haley Barton about forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God in the midst of leading. Learn more at www.transformingcenter.org.

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Season 14: Advent Week 2 | ...

11.29.2021

In this conversation, we discuss what it looks like to “prepare” for Advent, particularly with regard to the “rough edges” that need to be smoothed to make way for the coming of Jesus and Ruth concludes with a poem called ...

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton episodes:

11.29.2021 Season 14: Advent Week 2 \| Necessary Preparations In this conversation, we discuss what it looks like to “prepare” for Advent, particularly with regard to the “rough edges” that need to be smoothed to make way for the coming of Jesus and Ruth concludes with a poem called ...
11.22.2021 Season 14: Advent Week 1 \| The Darkness of Waiting This season we invite you to walk through Advent by engaging with the lectionary Scripture readings and listening for what God might want to say through them. In each episode, Ruth and members of the Transforming Center staff will read ...
11.17.2021 Advent 2021 Teaser Season 14 of the podcast invites leaders to walk through Advent by engaging with the lectionary Scripture readings for the new year of the church calendar and listening for what God might want to say to us through them. In ...
10.07.2021 BONUS: Ask Ruth #3 Excerpt In this bonus episode, we want to share another excerpt from our most recent Ask Ruth episode. Every month we release bonus content to our patrons through Patreon. In our Ask Ruth series, patrons get the opportunity to submit questions ...
09.23.2021 BONUS: A Conversation about Becoming a Transforming Church In this special bonus episode, we are sharing a conversation with Biz Gainey, a pastor and long-time Transforming Center alum, about his experience leading a Transforming Church. The Becoming a Transforming Church Retreat has equipped him and his team to ...
09.08.2021 Season 13: Episode 12 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to the Most Excellent Way On this last episode of season 13, listen as Ruth and Adele discuss God’s invitation to the most excellent way: love. Using 1 Corinthians 13 as a guide, they examine the counterfeits of love as well as love’s litmus tests. ...
09.01.2021 Season 13: Episode 11 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Remember In this week’s conversation, Ruth and Adele explore the invitation to remember. They discuss how we remember, the forces that shape our narratives around our memories, God’s invitation to allow our memories to uncover truths about the present day, and ...
08.25.2021 Season 13: Episode 10 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Pray In this episode, Ruth and Adele use the Lord’s Prayer to examine God’s invitation to prayer. They share what God is currently calling each of them to as it pertains to prayer. How does the “Our” in the opening line ...
08.18.2021 Season 13: Episode 9 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Wait This week Ruth and Adele discuss God’s invitation to wait. They process the difference between good waiting and bad waiting and ask what waiting exposes in us? The two also examine when waiting is avoidance, particularly as it pertains to ...
08.11.2021 Season 13: Episode 8 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Forgive The invitation to forgive is one of our most weighty invitations, as Ruth and Adele will explore. In this conversation, they will put some definitions around forgiveness, reconciliation, and how our narratives and facts are involved when it comes to ...
08.04.2021 Season 13: Episode 7 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Admit I Might Be Wrong The invitation in this episode may be our most challenging yet: God’s invitation to admit I might be wrong. Why is it so hard to admit that we may be wrong and how does shame keep us from this invitation? ...
07.28.2021 Season 13: Episode 6 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Weep In this week’s episode, Ruth and Adele discuss God’s invitation to weep. Listen as the two cover the gift of tears, as well as what makes it hard to weep. As we come out of the pandemic it may be ...
07.21.2021 Season 13: Episode 5 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Rest In this episode, Ruth and Adele respond to God’s invitation to rest. They acknowledge the fears and cultural rewards that keep us from resting and examine what freedoms we might have found during the pandemic that we want to carry ...
07.14.2021 Season 13: Episode 4 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Practice the Presence of People This week Ruth and Adele are breaking down the invitation to practice the presence of people. What does it mean to “shine your face upon someone” and why is our physical presence so important? Listen as Ruth and Adele tackle ...
07.09.2021 BONUS Episode Ask Ruth Teaser For this special bonus episode, we wanted to give all of our listeners a peek into what is happening over on Patreon. This is a short sample of our bonus “Ask Ruth” series where patrons get the opportunity to ask ...
07.07.2021 Season 13: Episode 3 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Follow Listen as Ruth and Adele use the invitation from chapter two of Invitations from God to examine the ways following and leading are connected in the life of Christ and what it means to steward your role as a follower ...
06.30.2021 Season 13: Episode 2 \| Invitations from God: Invitation to Participate in Your Own Healing In this episode, Ruth and Adele discuss chapter 1, Invitation to Participate in Your Own Healing. Ruth and Adele cover everything from the particular wounds we have encountered societally over the past year and a half to how to identify ...
06.23.2021 Season 13: Episode 1 \| Invitations from God: What are God’s Invitations? Welcome to season 13! Ruth is spending this season with her dear friend and fellow spiritual director, Adele Calhoun, discussing Adele’s book Invitations from God. The invitations outlined in this book are particularly relevant to us now, as we emerge ...
06.15.2021 Season 13 Teaser + New Patron Program Season 13 of the Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership podcast is just around the corner! Join us on June 23 as we kick off a new season with Ruth’s friend and fellow spiritual director Adele Calhoun. In this special ...
03.31.2021 Season 12: Episode 7 \| Principles of the Deeper Life Ruth and Steve conclude this season with some practical advice and discussing a persistent practice for leaders. How do we detach ourselves from all that is not God to attach ourselves to all that is God? A powerful conclusion for ...
03.24.2021 Season 12: Episode 6 \| Putting on the New Nature Putting off the vices of the old self is only half the equation. We are to put off the old nature and put on the new nature. A great conversation flows around rest and sabbath, forbearance, and forgiveness. A helpful ...
03.17.2021 Season 12: Episode 5 \| Abandoning the False Self We have been deep in theological waters in this season. In this episode we are going to look at abandoning our false self through the lens of the Enneagram. This is not going to be a deep dive, but it ...
03.10.2021 Season 12: Episode 4 \| Hidden With Christ in God: The False Self and the Christ Self Episode 4 starts with some very good news if you are feeling trapped by your false self. This episode raises up some theological questions and Robert Mulholland's perspective as a New Testament theologian. Good news for those who are struggling ...
03.03.2021 Season 12: Episode 3 \| The Idol in the Box: The Religious False Self Ruth names it – this is the most convicting part of the book for any of us who are Christians – especially for Christian leaders. Steve and Ruth have different reasons it is difficult to acknowledge their religious false self. ...
02.24.2021 Season 12: Episode 2 \| Into the Jungle: The False Self Ruth and Steve begin the second episode defining terms – expanding on Mulholland's definition of the false self. A lot of what is happenings in churches is superficial tinkering, and the reality is that not everyone in the church is ...
02.17.2021 Season 12: Episode 1 \| Deeper Journey: The Spirituality of Discovering Your True Self We are excited to be back with our first season of 2021. Ruth launches the season by connecting Robert Mulholland's book, The Deeper Journey with the season of Lent and discussing the Examen and leadership. Is the goal of the ...
02.11.2021 Season 12 Trailer: The Deeper Journey We are excited to be back with our first season of 2021. If you would like to read along with this podcast season you can purchase Robert Mulholland's book, The Deeper Journey, at your favorite place to buy books or ...
12.21.2020 Christmastide, Year B: How Silently, How Silently, the Wondrous Gift is Given Join Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins for spiritual encouragement based on this year's Advent Reflections (Cycle B) with an episode for each week of Advent. This podcast season is designed to help leaders (and everyone) carve out time to ...
12.14.2020 Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B: Mary and the Prayer of Indifference Join Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins for spiritual encouragement based on this year's Advent Reflections (Cycle B) with an episode for each week of Advent. This podcast season is designed to help leaders (and everyone) carve out time to ...
12.07.2020 Third Sunday of Advent, Year B: Keepin' it Real Join Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins are definitely keepin' it real. Listen and discover what is so far in the rear view mirror for Ruth. Based on this year's Advent Reflections (Cycle B), this podcast season is designed to ...
12.01.2020 Second Sunday of Advent, Year B: What Sort of Persons Ought We To Be? Join Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins for spiritual encouragement based on this year's Advent Reflections (Cycle B) with an episode for each week of Advent. This podcast season is designed to help leaders (and everyone) carve out time to ...
11.23.2020 First Sunday of Advent, Year B: Living Between Two Worlds Happy New Year! Advent marks the beginning of the church year. Join Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins for spiritual encouragement based on this year's Advent Reflections (Cycle B) with an episode for each week of Advent. This podcast season ...
11.16.2020 Advent 2020 Teaser Our next podcast season is designed to help leaders carve out some time to make Advent a season of transformation for themselves. Join Ruth and Steve for spiritual encouragement with an episode for each week of Advent. Based on this ...
08.26.2020 Season 10: Episode 10 \| Social Spirituality There is a tension between personal holiness and social holiness. This last episode is a helpful conclusion to the season and serves to protect us from dangers on the spiritual journey, and sadly, once again Ruth Haley Barton and Steve ...
08.19.2020 Season 10: Episode 9 \| Corporate Spirituality What is the body of Christ? If you think it is only the church little “c” you will want to listen to this episode. Frustrated with your local church? Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins have some bad news for ...
08.12.2020 Season 10: Episode 8 \| The Nature and Dynamics of Spiritual Disciplines We jump into the deep weeds in episode 8 and begin with a paradox and Romans 8:10. Note there is a dead body in this episode, and neither Ruth Haley Barton or Steve Weins want to talk about it. In ...
08.05.2020 Season 10: Episode 7 \| The Classic Spiritual Disciplines We begin this episode by redeeming the word “disciplines" by offering up the word “practices” and looking at disciplines through the lens of desire and about opening ourselves up to God, reminding us that we are not in charge of ...
07.29.2020 Season 10: Episode 6 \| The Classic Christian Pilgrimage In this episode, Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins move to looking at the four classic Christian stages of spiritual journey – awakening, purgation, illumination, union. Mulholland makes a valuable contribution to our understanding with five aspects of purgation. Steve ...
07.22.2020 Season 10: Episode 5 \| Holistic Spirituality, Part 2 Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins continue their discussion of holistic spirituality, and they finish their discussion of the personality types. You will want to catch Part 1 to fill out the discussion. SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES You can also access ...
07.15.2020 Season 10: Episode 4 \| Holistic Spirituality, Part 1 What is Holistic Spirituality? How does one nurture the whole person along with answering this question: What does love require of me? Because insisting on "being myself” is really not holistic spirituality. Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Wiens discuss both ...
07.08.2020 Season 10: Episode 3 \| Creation Gifts on the Spiritual Journey Listen in to learn what creation gifts are and how they relate to our spiritual journey. Make no mistake, this journey is not about self actualization. Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Wiens discuss why Mulholland uses Myers-Briggs. A relevant conversation ...
07.01.2020 Season 10: Episode 2 \| The Road Map of Spiritual Formation, Part 2 Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Wiens continue their conversation about the road map of spiritual formation and discuss what it means to be transformed into the image of Christ. Confirmed to the image of Christ does not mean we are ...
06.24.2020 Season 10: Episode 1 \| The Road Map of Spiritual Formation, Part 1 When the student is ready the teacher appears. Ruth begins by sharing the story of her friendship with Bob Mulholland and how the Transforming Center has come to stewards some of his works. As always, we start with definitions and ...
06.17.2020 Season 10: Trailer \| Invitation to a Journey This season we are walking through Invitation to a Journey, part of the Transforming Resources collection published by InterVarsity Press. We encourage you to get a copy of the book, and now more than ever is a great way to ...
05.27.2020 Season 9: Episode 10 \| Spiritual Transformation For the Sake of Others What is spiritual transformation—really? How can we move from the false self to the true self in Christ? Is it possible to talk about sin without being judgmental? What is the relationship between personal spiritual formation and our mission in ...
05.15.2020 Season 9: Episode 9 \| Spiritual Transformation and Psychology What happens when you record a podcast and the lawn service is working very hard outside your window? Find out on today’s podcast! We will also discuss the integration of psychology and spirituality – an important topic for spiritual leaders. ...
05.06.2020 Season 9: Episode 8 \| Spiritual Transformation and Practice-based Faith Ruth is joined by Aaron Niequest long-time friend (alumn of TC9) who has also served as worship leader in some Transforming Community® communities. Ruth and Aaron have a rich discussion about practice based faith and worship. Since they both were ...
04.29.2020 Season 9: Episode 7 \| Spiritual Transformation and Family Systems (Part 2) Church leaders seldom crash and burn because they fail at preaching or ministering. Christian leaders often burn out because they don’t know how to manage themselves and what they’re experiencing. In the second episode of a two-part conversation we lay ...
04.22.2020 Season 9: Episode 6 \| Spiritual Transformation and Family Systems (Part 1) Church leaders seldom crash and burn because they fail at preaching or ministering. Christian leaders often burn out because they don’t know how to manage themselves and what they’re experiencing. In the first episode of a two-part conversation we lay ...
04.08.2020 Season 9: BONUS EPISODE FOR GOOD FRIDAY \| Experiencing the Stations of the Cross A custom of our Christian tradition is to keep vigil with Christ at different times and in different ways during Holy Week. One of the places from which we draw this custom is Jesus’ request to his disciples to keep ...

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