{"id":8493,"date":"2018-05-23T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=8493"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:21:49","slug":"season-4-episode-8-isolation-discernment-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/05\/season-4-episode-8-isolation-discernment-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 4: Episode 8 | From Isolation to Discernment in Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 8 highlights God\u2019s faithfulness in meeting us in the loneliness of our leadership and how that leads to discerning together. We do an overview of corporate leadership discernment (All of Season 3 is devoted to the topic) and end with the conclusion to the story Ruth began in Episode 4 of this season. Ruth shares about God\u2019s activity in the Transforming Center and the role corporate leadership discernment played in it hiring our Chief Operations Officer, Rob Kastens. A great testimony of mutual discernment and a great hope that we really can trust God. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/y5b7c-863d4b?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%3Dy5b7c-863d4b&amp;domain=com&amp;btn-skin=107&amp;rtl=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-four\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 4<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&nbsp;<br \/>\nMentioned in this episode:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/02\/new-podcast-season-season-3-decision-making-discernment-community\/\"><em>Pursuing God\u2019s Will Together<\/em> Season 3<\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/in\/pgwt-book\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pursuing God\u2019s Will Together<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/frontpage\/products\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-seeking-god-in-the-crucible-of-ministry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/03\/expanded-edition-now-available-strengthen-soul-team\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8457\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ssoyl-book-free-bonuses-1024x250.png\" alt=\"Strengthen the Soul of Your Team!\" width=\"609\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ssoyl-book-free-bonuses-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ssoyl-book-free-bonuses-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ssoyl-book-free-bonuses-768x188.png 768w, https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ssoyl-book-free-bonuses.png 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 8 highlights God\u2019s faithfulness in meeting us in the loneliness of our leadership and how that leads to discerning together. 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