Season 1: Episode 4 | Engaging the Scriptures for Transformation | Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton Podcast

Season 3: Episode 8 | Get Set: From Decision-Making to Discernment: This episode begins with a discussion of why sailing is such a beautiful metaphor for discernment. In this episode Ruth and Steve delve into what helps groups cross the threshold from decision-making to discernment. The prayer of indifference might be ne... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

30 min listen

Season 1: Episode 5 | Honoring the Body as a Spiritual Discipline: Ruth draws from Elijah’s story to shed light on the role of the body in the spiritual life. This episode explores the connection between our bodies and our spiritual lives. Discover the joy of living in your body as a gift from God. Ruth and Steve discu... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

30 min listen

Season 2: Episode 2 | Welcoming the Stranger: Jesus wants to be in your juicy conversations. Just think about it—the Emmaus Road encounter would not have happened had the disciples not welcomed “the stranger” on their journey home. Welcoming the other’s experience and story are integral to the idea ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

29 min listen

Season 1: Episode 2 | A Leader's Journey into Silence and Solitude: Do you sleep with your phone? You won’t believe who has your number! Ruth and Steve talk about the challenge of technology for leaders who desire to practice silence and solitude. They discuss the unique difficulties leaders face as they enter into solit... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

32 min listen

Bonus Episode | Lent : Returning to God with All Your Heart: Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Wiens begin the discussion of Lent by talking about the seasons of the church calendar. Each season has unique invitations and keep us connected with Jesus’ spiritual journey while he was on earth. Lent invites us into aspects... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

25 min listen

Season 3: Episode 2 | Beginning With Spiritual Transformation: What is the best thing a leader brings to leadership? The answer is countercultural. Ruth makes a clear distinction between being healthy and transforming. Listen for an important question that needs to be asked first in leadership groups. A challenging ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

32 min listen

Season 2: Episode 6 | The Nature of the Spiritual Journey: Jesus listened long enough to the disciples on the Emmaus Road to offer a spiritual perspective on the hardest experiences of life. In this conversation, Ruth and Steve discuss the role of suffering in the Christian journey and how we need to normalize s... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

31 min listen

Season 1: Episode 4 | Engaging the Scriptures for Transformation: What happens to a leader’s soul when s/he only engages Scripture for ministry? Steve asks for a friend. ;) What can a pastor or leader do when they are no longer encountering God in Scripture? Join us for an enlightening discussion about the practice of ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

34 min listen

Season 2: Episode 1 | Choosing to Walk Together: Life Together in Christ: Cultivating Communities for Spiritual Transformation Many of us are carrying a lot of baggage regarding Christian community. Ruth has often commented that it is one of the most over-promised, under-delivered aspects of the Chri... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

32 min listen

Season 4: Episode 7 | Leadership as Intercession: Leadership opens leaders up to a whole world of pain. Moses is such a great leader because he always brings the difficulties people brought to God. You don’t hear much about the role of intercession in leadership circles. A rich discussion of differentia... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

28 min listen

Season 1: Episode 6 | Transformation Through Self-Knowledge and Self-Examination: This podcast kicks off with a discussion of the ancient practice of the Examen. In case you are wondering, self-examination is so much more than just asking God to show us our sin. In this rich discussion straight out of Psalm 139, Ruth provides a clear ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

35 min listen

Season 1: Episode 3 | Prayer - Deepening Our Intimacy With God: How does Ruth respond when a pastor admits they don’t know how to pray anymore? You will be surprised. This episode is for those who feel stuck in their prayer even though prayer is part of their job description. Ruth describes transitions in the life of... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

40 min listen

Season 1: Episode 8 | For the Sake of Others: Are you a missional or a formational organization? Steve and Ruth take on this dualism. As usual, the conversation begins with looking at Scripture, showing the cause and effect relationship between our formation and the ability to discern the will of Go... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

29 min listen

Season 2: Episode 3 | Choosing to Listen Rather than Fix: Continuing the story of the Emmaus Road, Jesus plays dumb and models what spiritual companionship can look like. How do we become the kind of person who can listen rather than fix, and stand still being sad rather than rushing in with our own advice? In ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

32 min listen

Season 2: Episode 9 | You are Witnesses of these Things: As we conclude season two, the disciples on the Emmaus Road are so excited about what has happened in and through their encounter with Jesus on the Emmaus Road that they jump up from dinner and turn right around to go back to Jerusalem to share what has ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

33 min listen

Season 2: Episode 4 | Gathering on the Basis of Shared Desire: In their conversation on the Emmaus Road, Jesus created a safe space for the disciples to share their deepest desire. Getting in touch with our deepest desire is like peeling an onion—there are many layers, and getting to the center might leave you in a ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

31 min listen

Season 2: Episode 7 | Finding Our Story in HIS Story: Jesus is on a roll now—helping the disciples on the Emmaus Road to see their story and what felt so personal to them as part of the larger story of what God has been doing down through history. What makes the human journey really exciting is being able ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

34 min listen

Season 5: Episode 8 | Emptiness: It takes stamina to stay in silence and solitude. Why does God meet us in such vast emptiness? Ruth has a thought. There is great encouragement in Elijah’s journey and how long it took. Emptiness can be very lonely, yet you don’t have to go alone. It is ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

26 min listen

Season 2: Episode 8 | Discerning the Presence of Christ: Ever had a conversation you wish didn’t have to end? The two disciples were so stirred by their conversation that “they urged Jesus strongly to stay.” And it was in the staying that the disciples recognized Jesus’ transforming presence as they shared a m... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

31 min listen

Season 3: Episode 6 | Values and Practices for Being Safe Together: The truth is, sadly, that many have lost faith that a community can be a safe place. How many leadership teams talk about love in the context of leadership? Ruth gives wonderful examples of the practices born out of the values important to the Transformi... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

31 min listen

Season 3: Episode 4 | Community at the Leadership Level: What is corporate leadership discernment? Ruth kicks off this episode with defining each word and leads us through the movements of corporate leadership discernment. Discover why hikers and sailors value true north over magnetic north and why conviction ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

35 min listen

Season 3: Episode 5 | Values and Practices For Opening to God Together: What is the first thing that goes when a leadership team gets busy? Does community mean two hours of checking in about how the kids and grandkids are doing? Ruth and Steve have a rich conversation about values and practices that helps us live together as... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

30 min listen

Season 4: Episode 4 | The Conundrum of Calling: This episode begins a bit differently. Instead of starting with the biblical story (Moses) Steve dives in and turns the table on Ruth, asking her about her own calling and what it looks like right now. Steve and Ruth talk about the fatal question, and a ... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

27 min listen

Season 2: Episode 5 | Men and Women in Community: If you read the Emmaus Road conversation carefully in Luke 24, you will notice that part of the story the disciples told Jesus was that “the women of our group astounded us” with news of the Resurrection on that first Easter morning. Ruth unpacks the cou... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

34 min listen

Season 4: Episode 2 | The Place of Our Own Conversion: Ruth and Steve jump right into the story of Moses and we learn why he is such a great guide for those who are in leadership. Ruth and Steve explore some of the common family of origin issues that tend to negatively affect a leader’s life. And Ruth will g... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

27 min listen

Season 4: Episode 5 | Guiding Others on a Spiritual Journey: In this episode Ruth and Steve start looking at the implications of the leadership journey, and how to guide others on their spiritual journey. Ruth makes a distinction between first half of life leaders and second half of life leader – looking at suffer... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

28 min listen

Season 3: Teaser: Ruth's third season, Pursuing God's Will Together is set to come out on January 31st, 2018. Listen to this short episode to get a discounted rate at the next Pursuing God's Will Together retreat, as well as a sneak peek into what this season is all about... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

6 min listen

Season 3: Episode 7 | Get Ready: Preparing for Discernment: We are seven episodes in and we haven’t yet talked about the practice of discerning together. Everyone knows that it doesn’t go well when you paint a room and skip the prep work. Ruth shares why the prep work is so important to corporate leadership disce... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

30 min listen

Season 5: Episode 2 | Beginnings: Learning to be present with God alone – where do we begin? How do we get to the point where we recognize that what needs done in our lives only God can do? We define our terms in this episode – what is silence and what is solitude? Steve is already overa... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

24 min listen

BONUS EPISODE: A Conversation with Ruth Haley Barton and Aaron Niequist: Before we kick off a new season next Wednesday, Ruth Haley Barton sat down with Aaron Niequist and discussed a variety of topics from their shared background to their journey to a practiced-based faith. In a time where there is much to be discouraged abo... by Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

37 min listen

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Season 1: Episode 4 | Engaging the Scriptures for Transformation

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