{"id":8246,"date":"2018-02-06T21:31:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T03:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:29:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:29:35","slug":"season-3-episode-2-beginning-spiritual-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/02\/season-3-episode-2-beginning-spiritual-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 3: Episode 2 | Beginning with Spiritual Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the best thing a leader brings to leadership? The answer is countercultural. Ruth makes a clear distinction between being healthy and transforming. Listen for an important question that needs to be asked first in leadership groups. A challenging question, but not hard to answer. Steve jumps in with an \u201casking for a friend\u201d question that gets very practical for pastors and leaders. 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