{"id":14603,"date":"2021-07-07T00:05:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T05:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=14603"},"modified":"2021-07-06T16:05:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:05:55","slug":"season-13-episode-3-invitation-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2021\/07\/season-13-episode-3-invitation-to-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 13: Episode 3 | Invitation to Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen as Ruth and Adele use the invitation from chapter two of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invitations from God<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to examine the ways following and leadership are connected in the life of Christ and what it means to steward your following well. What do we do when the leaders we follow disappoint and how does this invitation to follow fall differently on people groups depending on their historic ability or lack thereof to lead in their own right? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.christianbook.com\/invitations-accepting-offer-forgive-remember-more\/adele-calhoun\/9780830835539\/pd\/835531?event=TCG%7C1015397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invitations From God<\/a><\/em> by Adele Calhoun<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support the podcast by joining our revamped patron program over on Patreon. Patrons will now also receive regular bonus content as well as opportunities to hear Ruth answer their questions<\/span>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/transformingcenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a patron today<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and support our podcast ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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 APPLE PODCASTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also access podcast on\u00a0<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>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/41tz8kmZTi7wyYakvWUKZz\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Season 13: Episode 3 | Invitations from God: Invitation to Follow\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=cid5e-1080f52-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button outline\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-thirteen\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 13<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary outline\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Credit:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Anthem: Music in Solitude CD (Available soon in our online store)<\/p>\n<p><b>The\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Transforming Center<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0exists to create space for God to strengthen leaders and transform communities. You are invited to join our next\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Transforming Community<\/i><\/b><\/a><b>:\u00ae A Two-year Spiritual Formation Experience for Leaders.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Delivered in nine quarterly retreats, this practice-based learning opportunity is grounded in the conviction that the best thing you bring to leadership is your own transforming self!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen as Ruth and Adele use the invitation from chapter two of Invitations from God to examine the ways following and leadership are connected in the life of Christ and&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":[4562],"class_list":["post-14603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-season-13"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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