{"id":9636,"date":"2018-11-22T23:24:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T05:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=9636"},"modified":"2019-04-02T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T19:57:22","slug":"special-episode-discovering-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/11\/special-episode-discovering-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Episode  | Discovering Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The seasons of the church year are meant to teach us essential truths of the spiritual life, offering us an opportunity to practice some of the key disciplines of our Christian faith together \u2013 in community.<\/p>\n<p>The Advent season marks the beginning of the church year and while we have always provided reflections and gatherings for this time we are now offering an additional resource \u2013\u00a0 A special\u00a0<em>Discovering Advent<\/em>\u00a0podcast with Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Wiens. Listen below!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/strengthening-soul-your-leadership-ruth-haley-barton\/id1214483830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also access podcast on <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\">Google Play<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ruth-haley-barton\/strengthening-the-soul-of-your-leadership?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a><i class=\"fab fa-google-play\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/e4exa-9f850d?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/e4exa-9f850d?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Become a patron of the podcast to receive 5 bonus Advent episodes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We are offering an episode for each week of Advent along with a Christmastide episode. Each will be sent on Monday, and is designed to help you carve out space to make Advent a season of transformation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These episodes will only be made available to our monthly donors and <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/d0uakb\/d8ghu\/xjv3so\" data-name=\"Patron\" data-type=\"url\">patrons of the Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership Podcast.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:<\/strong><br \/>\nAdvent Reflections \u2013 Cycle C by Ruth Haley Barton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploring Further:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.transformingcenter.org\/collections\/music-in-solitude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music in Solitude<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthhaleybarton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruth Haley Barton<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stevewiens.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Wiens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Become a patron:<\/strong>\u00a0 Join a growing movement of transforming leaders. We have gotten fantastic feedback about the podcast, and we would like to create even more content. We need you! Become a patron and receive exclusive bonuses and our gratitude. Learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Music Credit: Advent: Music in Solitude<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seasons of the church year are meant to teach us essential truths of the spiritual life, offering us an opportunity to practice some of the key disciplines of our&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[2005],"class_list":["post-9636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-bonus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Special Episode | Discovering Advent - Transforming Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/11\/special-episode-discovering-advent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Special Episode | Discovering Advent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The seasons of the church year are meant to teach us essential truths of the spiritual life, offering us an opportunity to practice some of the key disciplines of our&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/11\/special-episode-discovering-advent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Transforming Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transformingcenter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-23T05:24:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-02T19:57:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOYL-podcast-2018.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"625\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Transforming Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TransformingCtr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TransformingCtr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Transforming Center\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/11\/special-episode-discovering-advent\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/11\/special-episode-discovering-advent\/\",\"name\":\"Special Episode | Discovering Advent - 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