Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership

by Ruth Haley Barton

Publisher:

Seminary Now

, 2023

Overview

Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses, this course explores topics such as:

embarking on a leader’s journey into solitude and silence

responding to the dynamics of calling

facing the loneliness of leadership

leading from your authentic self

cultivating spiritual community at the leadership level

reenvisioning the promised land

Each session includes guidance in spiritual practices that help you forge and maintain a life-giving connection with God because the best thing you bring to leadership is your own transforming self.

Key Features

• Invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track.
• Explores facing the loneliness of leadership.
• Includes guidance in spiritual practices that help you forge.

Contents

• Lesson 1: When Leaders Lose Their Souls
• Lesson 2: What Lies Beneath
• Lesson 3: Solitude: The Place of Our Own Conversion
• Lesson 4: The Spiritual Practice of Paying Attention
• Lesson 5: The Conundrum of Calling
• Lesson 6: The Shape of the Journey
• Lesson 7: The Grace of Living Within Limits
• Lesson 8: Spiritual Rhythms in the Life of the Leader
• Lesson 9: Leadership as Intercession
• Lesson 10: The Loneliness of Leadership
• Lesson 11: From Isolation to Leadership Community
• Lesson 12: Re-Envisioning the Promised Land

Product Details

• Title: Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership (video)
• Author: Ruth Haley Barton
• Publisher: Seminary Now
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Video
• Subject: Christian leadership › Videos
• Resource ID: LLS:STRNGTHNNGLDRSHVD
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-19T18:19:21Z

About Ruth Haley Barton

Ruth Haley Barton (DD, Northern Seminary) is founding president of the Transforming Center, a spiritual formation ministry to pastors and Christian leaders. A trained spiritual director, teacher, and retreat leader, she has served on the pastoral staff of several churches, including Willow Creek Community Church. A sought-after teacher, preacher, and consultant to leadership teams, she is currently adjunct professor of spiritual transformation at Northern Seminary.

Educated at Wheaton College, Northern Seminary, and Loyola University Chicago Institute for Pastoral Studies, Ruth is the author of numerous books and resources on the spiritual life, including Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Sacred Rhythms, Longing for More, and Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership. She is also the coauthor of An Ordinary Day with Jesus: Experiencing the Reality of God in Your Everyday Life and author of an online resource titled eReflections, spiritual guidance via e-mail. She contributes regularly to Conversations: A Forum for Authentic Transformation.