{"id":17058,"date":"2023-03-20T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T05:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2023-03-17T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:54:51","slug":"season-19-lent-week-4-opposing-violent-injustice-bringing-light-to-the-darkest-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2023\/03\/season-19-lent-week-4-opposing-violent-injustice-bringing-light-to-the-darkest-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 19: Lent Week 4 | Opposing Violent Injustice: Bringing Light to the Darkest Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This season we are focusing on justice as an aspect of spiritual formation and we believe Lent to be the perfect season to explore this connection. Using <em>A Just Passion: A Six-Week Lenten Journey,<\/em> and the lectionary, we will look at various aspects of justice, its importance to God and why the modern church has often regrettably failed to live out God\u2019s call to \u201cdo justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ruth is joined by Gary Haugen on today\u2019s episode. Gary Haugen has spent most of his career fighting injustice at the systemic level as a lawyer and founder of International Justice Mission. Ruth and Gary discuss the moment Gary realized he\u2019d grown up his whole life in the church never once hearing a message about how much God cared about justice. They talk about the ways in which the poor are chronically vulnerable to violence, how the church often isn\u2019t doing work that addresses this issue, and how, at IJM, attention to their own spiritual formation is crucial in sustaining their justice work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lectionary scripture for this week:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1 Samuel 16:1-13<br \/>\nPsalm 23<br \/>\nEphesians 5:8-14<br \/>\nJohn 9:1-41<\/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\" title=\"Season 19: Lent Week 4 | Opposing Violent Injustice:  Bringing Light to the Darkest Places\" 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=sfkvr-13bbcce-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button outline\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-nineteen\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 19<\/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><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17059 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAH-Headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Alan Haugen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAH-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAH-Headshot-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAH-Headshot-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAH-Headshot-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAH-Headshot-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAH-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Gary Alan Haugen<\/strong> is an American attorney who is the Founder, CEO, and former President of International Justice Mission, a global organization that protects the poor from violence throughout the developing world. Gary has been recognized by the U.S. State Department as a Trafficking in Persons \u201cHero\u201d \u2013 the highest honor given by the U.S. government for anti-slavery leadership.\u00a0 He is the author of several books, including <em>Good News About Injustice <\/em>(Intervarsity Press) and, most recently, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocusteffect.com\/\"><em>The Locust Effect<\/em><\/a><em>: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence <\/em>(Oxford University Press)<em>.<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Journey with us this Lent! Our season is inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.christianbook.com\/just-passion-six-week-lenten-journey\/ruth-barton\/9781514006757\/pd\/006757?event=ESRCG\"><em>A Just Passion: A Six-Week Lenten Journey<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>and many of our guests are contributors to this resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in this episode:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.christianbook.com\/courage-gods-great-expedition-restless-christian\/gary-haugen\/9780830844623\/pd\/844623?event=ESRCG\">Just Courage<\/a> by Gary Haugen<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.christianbook.com\/locust-effect-end-poverty-requires-violence\/gary-haugen\/9780199937875\/pd\/937875?event=ESRCG\">The Locust Effect<\/a> by Gary Haugen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Credit:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist<br \/>\nO Sacred Head, Now Wounded from <em>Lent Music in Solitude<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Support the podcast! <strong>This season, in addition to receiving overflow conversation from the episode, patrons at all levels will receive weekly reflection questions intended to help them journey through Lent with both the podcast and the resource <\/strong><strong><em>A Just Passion<\/em><\/strong><strong>!<\/strong> 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>This season we are focusing on justice as an aspect of spiritual formation and we believe Lent to be the perfect season to explore this connection. 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