{"id":16400,"date":"2022-10-25T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=16400"},"modified":"2022-10-21T10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:01:04","slug":"season-17-episode-9-getting-honest-about-the-challenges-of-sabbath-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2022\/10\/season-17-episode-9-getting-honest-about-the-challenges-of-sabbath-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 17: Episode 9 | Getting Honest About the Challenges of Sabbath Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s conversation is an honest and vulnerable one about the challenges of leading communities in the ways of the sabbath. Ruth sits down with Christine Lee who leads a busy church in New York City. Christine shares her own journey of practicing sabbath herself and the struggles she sees to \u201clead a sabbath community.\u201d She also speaks tenderly about the fear that is stirred when she considers letting things lie dormant in service to making space for her congregation to experience the sabbath.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16402\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Lee\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205.jpg 793w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Christine-scaled-e1666364260205-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/>Christine Lee is the Priest-in-Charge of St. Peter&#8217;s Chelsea, an Episcopal Church in New York City. She is married to Jimmy, her husband of 19 years, and they became pandemic dog parents to their rescue puppy, Baxter. She served as Vicar of All Angels&#8217; Church before coming to St. Peter&#8217;s in October 2019 with a team as part of a church revitalization effort in the Diocese of New York.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\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\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"Season 17: Episode 9 | Getting Honest About the Challenges of Sabbath Community\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=8nxq2-12f169f-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button outline\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-seventeen\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 17<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary outline\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Purchase Ruth\u2019s new book! <em>Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest <\/em>is out now, wherever you buy books (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Embracing-Rhythms-Work-Rest-Sabbatical\/dp\/1514002639\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P9JFHAYIN67R&amp;keywords=embracing+rhythms+of+work+and+rest&amp;qid=1661791155&amp;sprefix=embracing+rhythms%2Caps%2C85&amp;sr=8-1\">Amazon <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/embracing-rhythms-of-work-and-rest-ruth-haley-barton\/1140934566?ean=9781514002636\">Barnes and Noble<\/a> | Bookshop.org).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/sabbath-journal\">You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal<\/a>, which will be available sometime in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This season of our podcast is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/goodkind.shop\/\">GoodKind<\/a>. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at <a href=\"https:\/\/goodkind.shop\/\">goodkind.shop\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Credit:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist<br \/>\nDusk from Transforming Center Resource <em>Music in Solitude<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn\u2019t fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/transformingcenter\">our Patreon page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/\"><strong>Transforming Center<\/strong><\/a><strong> exists to create space for God to strengthen leaders and transform communities. You are invited to join our next <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/tc\"><strong><em>Transforming Community<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>:\u00ae A Two-year Spiritual Formation Experience for Leaders.<\/strong>\u00a0 Delivered 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>Today\u2019s conversation is an honest and vulnerable one about the challenges of leading communities in the ways of the sabbath. 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