{"id":16424,"date":"2022-11-01T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=16424"},"modified":"2022-10-31T08:39:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T13:39:42","slug":"season-17-episode-10-fruit-and-frustration-creating-a-culture-where-everyone-can-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2022\/11\/season-17-episode-10-fruit-and-frustration-creating-a-culture-where-everyone-can-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 17: Episode 10 | Fruit and Frustration: Creating a Culture Where Everyone Can Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we\u2019ve camped out around this idea of a \u201csabbath community\u201d the last few weeks, we\u2019ve explored the possibility and very real struggles of what that kind of commitment to sabbath looks like for pastors. This week we\u2019re speaking with a pastor whose community is living out that practice in a variety of ways. In Ruth\u2019s conversation with pastor Rich Villodas, he speaks about the power of a community oriented around sabbath and the ideas his church members are exploring as they try to make rest available to all, and not just the privileged few.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16426 \" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Rich Villodas\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshotgray-richvillodas-e1667222714366.png 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large, multiracial church in Elmhurst, Queens, whose congregants represent more than seventy-five countries. He is also a key speaker for Emotionally Healthy Discipleship\u2014a movement that has touched hundreds of thousands of people. His award-winning book, <em>The Deeply Formed Life<\/em>, was released in September 2020; followed by his second book, <em>Good and Beautiful and Kind, <\/em>in July 2022. He and his wife, Rosie, have two beautiful children and reside in NYC.<\/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 10 | Fruit and Frustration: Creating a Culture Where Everyone Can Rest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=rtzd6-12fb733-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&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 \/>\nLed By the Spirit 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>As we\u2019ve camped out around this idea of a \u201csabbath community\u201d the last few weeks, we\u2019ve explored the possibility and very real struggles of what that kind of commitment to&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":[4572],"class_list":["post-16424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-season-17"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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