{"id":7898,"date":"2017-08-23T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=7898"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:32:07","slug":"season-2-episode-6-nature-spiritual-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2017\/08\/season-2-episode-6-nature-spiritual-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 2: Episode 6 | The Nature of the Spiritual Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus listened long enough to the disciples on the Emmaus Road to offer a spiritual perspective on the hardest experiences of life. In this conversation, Ruth and Steve discuss the role of suffering in the Christian journey and how we need to normalize suffering so we can claim its fruitful role in the spiritual life. Ruth highlights the stages of the spiritual journey and how transforming communities need to have resources to meet people at all of these stages.<\/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;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/9ur4z-6d36eb?from=shortcode&amp;width=100%25&amp;height=100&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;auto=0&amp;download=0&amp;skin=1&amp;resource=episode%3D9ur4z-6d36eb&amp;domain=com&amp;btn-skin=107&amp;rtl=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\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><strong>In this podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Divine-Conspiracy-Rediscovering-Hidden-Life\/dp\/0060693339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God<\/em><\/a> by Dallas Willard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/products\/invitation-to-a-journey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Invitation to a Journey: A Roadmap for Spiritual Formation<\/em><\/a> by M. 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