{"id":11857,"date":"2019-11-27T01:04:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T07:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=11857"},"modified":"2020-04-10T10:46:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T15:46:14","slug":"season-8-week-5-from-waiting-to-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2019\/11\/season-8-week-5-from-waiting-to-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 8: Week 5 | From Waiting to Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for this series of Advent and Christmastide reflections. The seasons of the church year are meant to teach us something about the spiritual life we need to learn. In fact, by entering into these seasons we experience the deeper dynamics and rhythms of the spiritual life by walking closely with Jesus and learning from him as we go. In this season of the <em>Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership<\/em> podcast, we are privileged to prepare and walk through the season of Advent together.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/strengthening-soul-your-leadership-ruth-haley-barton\/id1214483830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also access podcast on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Iugwwuq5kmhfft5aadsbvtksage?t=Strengthening_the_Soul_of_Your_Leadership_with_Ruth_Haley_Barton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ruth-haley-barton\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Season 8: Episode 5 | Christmastide: From Waiting to Wonder\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/pxfwh-c9115e?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-eight\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 8<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/advent-resources\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advent Reflections &#8211; Cycle A<\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/lectionary-calendar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revised Common Lectionary<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Living-Christian-Year-Inhabit-Story\/dp\/0830835202\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God<\/span><\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Bobby Gross<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploring Further:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/transforming-community\/\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transforming Community<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthhaleybarton.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruth Haley Barton<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Become a patron:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join a growing movement of transforming leaders. We\u2019ve received fantastic feedback about the podcast, and we would like to create even more episodes. We need you! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/patron\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Become a patron during Advent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Credit:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/media\/products\/christmastide-music-in-solitude-cd\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmastide: Music in Solitude<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/advent-to-christmas\/772248474\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advent to Christmas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Page CXVI<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for this series of Advent and Christmastide reflections. 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