{"id":18287,"date":"2024-02-16T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=18287"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:11:12","slug":"bonus-preparing-for-lent-fashioning-your-own-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2024\/02\/bonus-preparing-for-lent-fashioning-your-own-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"BONUS: Preparing for Lent | Fashioning Your Own Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lent is upon us again. In this special bonus episode, Ruth shares her remarks from our recent live, virtual event designed to help us prepare for Lent. Lent is for everyone, but it has a special application for spiritual leaders, providing a needed opportunity to \u201cfashion our own wilderness\u201d (Henri Nouwen) and return to God with all our hearts. On this Ash Wednesday, we invite you to take some time to prepare your heart and mind to enter the Lenten season.<\/p>\n<p>Our next podcast season begins next week. Psychiatrist, speaker, and author Dr. Curt Thompson joins us all season to discuss suffering and how it is the place where durable and true hope is formed. We will be working through the ideas in his new book, <em>The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope.<\/em><\/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); height: 150px;\" title=\"BONUS: Preparing for Lent | Fashioning Your Own Desert\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=faj56-15782e5-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-twenty-one\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 21<\/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 style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in the episode:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4b2Sa1g\"><em>The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0 <\/em>by Curt Thompson<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.christianbook.com\/lent-reflections-cycle-pdf-personal-use\/pd\/34214DF?event=ESRCG\"><em>Lent A Season of Returning <\/em><\/a>by Ruth Haley Barton<\/p>\n<p>We are now accepting applications for<em> Transforming Community<\/em> 20! Use the code Podcast20 to receive $50 off your application fee. Learn more and apply <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/transforming-community\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This season will not follow the lectionary readings as closely as past seasons. Scripture for Lent 2024 can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/lections.php?year=B&amp;season=Lent\">HERE.<\/a> A digital version of our reflections for Lent resource, <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.christianbook.com\/lent-reflections-cycle-pdf-personal-use\/pd\/34214DF?event=ESRCG\">Lent A Season of Returning <\/a>is available for purchase in our bookstore.<\/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 patrons will receive weekly bonus episodes entitled \u201cThe Work,\u201d where Curt and Ruth will discuss and provide practical and applicable practices that open us up to God\u2019s presence in our suffering so that durable hope can be formed. <\/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! We are now accepting applications for Transforming Community 20! Use the code Podcast20 to receive $50 off your application fee. Learn more and apply <a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/transforming-community\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lent is upon us again. In this special bonus episode, Ruth shares her remarks from our recent live, virtual event designed to help us prepare for Lent. 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