{"id":12192,"date":"2020-03-03T23:40:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T05:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=12192"},"modified":"2020-04-10T10:43:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T15:43:55","slug":"season-9-episode-2-the-struggle-to-give-our-lives-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2020\/03\/season-9-episode-2-the-struggle-to-give-our-lives-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 9: Episode 2 | The Struggle to Give our Lives Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"e2ma-style\">\u201cThe human soul is like a fine wine that needs to ferment in various barrels as it ages and mellows\u2026Growing up and maturing is precisely a process of fermentation. \u00a0It does not happen easily, without effort and without breakdown. \u00a0But it happens almost despite us, because such is the effect of a conspiracy between God and nature to mellow the soul.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em>\u2013 Fr. Ron Rolheiser,\u00a0<em>Sacred Fire<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the second-part of Ruth&#8217;s conversation with author Fr.\u00a0Ronald Rolheiser, Ruth discusses <span class=\"\">the temptations and invitations of\u00a0<\/span>the second stage of discipleship \u2013<span class=\"\">\u00a0those giving their lives away<\/span><em>.<\/em>\u00a0This is the stage where most of us find ourselves!\u00a0The choice in this stage \u00a0is between bitterness and gratitude. This episode is great reminder to take pleasure in your life and to remember that anger takes you away from gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>This conversation is drawn from his profound and thought-provoking book, <span class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/080413944X\/ref=rdr_ext_tmb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>We pray these three episodes will serve you well as you begin your Lenten journey.<\/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\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Season 9: Episode 2 | The Struggle to Give Our Lives Away\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/7jtd8-d541f6?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=107&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;pbad=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-nine\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 9<\/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:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Holy-Longing-Search-Christian-Spirituality\/dp\/038549419X\/ref=pd_sbs_14_1\/143-8345556-4200521?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=038549419X&amp;pd_rd_r=87729302-12e3-4410-bcd6-26264d0a69b7&amp;pd_rd_w=RMld0&amp;pd_rd_wg=KIMu9&amp;pf_rd_p=7cd8f929-4345-4bf2-a554-7d7588b3dd5f&amp;pf_rd_r=MQNF9QBFDVY0156DQCKP&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=MQNF9QBFDVY0156DQCKP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality <\/em><\/a>Ronald Rolheiser<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/080413944X\/ref=rdr_ext_tmb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity <\/em><\/a>Ronald Rolheiser<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploring Further:<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><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! <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/patron\/\">Extra bonus when you become a patron during Lent<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Credit:<br \/>\n<\/strong><b><\/b><em>New Way to Live<\/em> written by Joel Hanson. <em>I am New<\/em> written by Joel Hanson and Jason Gray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/patron\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12113 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ad-digital-lent-reflections-gift-1024x436.png\" alt=\"Join us for Lent: Receive a free resource when you give a gift.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe human soul is like a fine wine that needs to ferment in various barrels as it ages and mellows\u2026Growing up and maturing is precisely a process of fermentation. \u00a0It&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[2486],"class_list":["post-12192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-season-9"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Season 9: Episode 2 | The Struggle to Give our Lives Away - Transforming Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the second-part of Ruth Haley Barton&#039;s conversation with author Fr.\u00a0Ronald Rolheiser Ruth discusses the temptations and invitations of\u00a0the second stage of discipleship \u2013\u00a0those giving their lives away.\u00a0The stage where most of us find ourselves!\u00a0The choice in this stage \u00a0is between bitterness and gratitude. 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