{"id":8698,"date":"2018-09-05T07:37:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=8698"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:14:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:14:23","slug":"season-5-episode-2-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/09\/season-5-episode-2-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 5: Episode 2 | Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning to be present with God alone \u2013 where do we begin? How do we get to the point where we recognize that what needs done in our lives only God can do? We define our terms in this episode \u2013 what is silence and what is solitude?  Steve is already overachieving, Ruth encourages people to begin with a much smaller amount of time in silence and solitude<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/strengthening-soul-your-leadership-ruth-haley-barton\/id1214483830\"><i class=\"fab fa-apple\" style=\"font-size: 150%;\"><\/i> Subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fab fa-google-play\" style=\"font-size: 150%;\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Iugwwuq5kmhfft5aadsbvtksage?t=Strengthening_the_Soul_of_Your_Leadership_with_Ruth_Haley_Barton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast also available on Google Play<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/j3taq-980b9d?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%3Dj3taq-980b9d&amp;domain=com&amp;btn-skin=107&amp;rtl=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/season-five\/\">Listen to other episodes from Season 5<\/a> <a class=\"button-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership-podcast\/\">Access past podcast seasons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/products\/invitation-to-solitude-and-silence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Invitation to Solitude and Silence<\/a>, Ruth Haley Barton<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Way-Heart-Connecting-Through-Silence\/dp\/0345463358\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1536097198&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+way+of+the+heart+henri+nouwen\">The Way of the Heart<\/a>, Henri Nouwen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploring Further:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/music-in-solitude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music in Solitude<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthhaleybarton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruth Haley Barton<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stevewiens.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Wiens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Become a patron:<\/strong>&nbsp; Join a growing movement of transforming leaders. 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