{"id":7874,"date":"2017-07-19T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:37:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:37:19","slug":"season-2-episode-1-choosing-walk-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2017\/07\/season-2-episode-1-choosing-walk-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 2: Episode 1 | Choosing to Walk Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us are carrying a lot of baggage regarding Christian community.\u00a0 Ruth has often commented that it is one of the most over-promised, under-delivered aspects of the Christian life\u2014which means that Christians who have been deeply involved in church are often the most cynical and disillusioned. In Season 2 of the <i>Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership <\/i>podcast, Ruth and Steve will discuss how to cultivate communities where people regularly and routinely experience spiritual transformation. In episode 1, Ruth shares how God led her to the story of the Emmaus Road as a biblical model for transforming community. She unpacks the three nuanced ways of talking about community: Christian community, spiritual community, and transforming community, and also describes what Christian community is <i>not<\/i>\u2014with a rich discussion of the role community plays in navigating liminal space.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/strengthening-soul-your-leadership-ruth-haley-barton\/id1214483830\"><i class=\"fa fa-apple\" style=\"font-size: 150%;\"><\/i> Subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-two\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 2<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/fr8ez-6cfa5f?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/fr8ez-6cfa5f?from=yiiadmin\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2017\/04\/episode-6-transformation-self-knowledge-self-examination\/\">Episode 6 | Transformation Through Self-Knowledge and Self-Examination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/in\/lifetogether\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Life Together in Christ: Experiencing Transformation in Community<\/em><\/a> by Ruth Haley Barton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/in\/transforming-resources\/sacred-rhythms.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation<\/a> (Chapter 6) by Ruth Haley Barton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/in\/lifetogether\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7877\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-together-book-1024x250.png\" alt=\"Do you long to experience transformation in community?\" width=\"609\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-together-book-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-together-book-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-together-book-768x188.png 768w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/life-together-book.png 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us are carrying a lot of baggage regarding Christian community.\u00a0 Ruth has often commented that it is one of the most over-promised, under-delivered aspects of the Christian life\u2014which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[1970],"class_list":["post-7874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-season-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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