Online Conversation | Invitation to Solitude and Silence, with Ruth Haley Barton

On March 19th we were delighted to host Christian author, leader, and teacher, Ruth Haley Barton. Barton is founding President/CEO of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of Christian leaders and the congregations and organizations they serve. Ruth is the author of numerous books and resources on the spiritual life including Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership and Sacred Rhythms. She reflects regularly on spirituality and leadership in her blog, Beyond Words, and on her podcast Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership.

We hope you enjoy this conversation around her book, Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence. Our attention, Barton believes, has become a commodity that we must protect if we are to avoid being swept away by our distracted age. She invites listeners to engage in these ancient biblical practices to find the rest for our souls that Jesus promises. In this Lenten season, we hope this will inspire you to pursue God's transforming presence in new ways and contemplatively sit in solitude and silence with the Author and Perfecter of faith.

The song is "Revive Me Again" by Fernando Ortega.

This painting is “Eaton's Neck, Long Island” by John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Special thanks to Coracle, our co-host for this event—https://inthecoracle.org/

And thanks to our sponsors, Bruce and Susan Gwilliam, and InterVarsity Press—https://www.ivpress.com/invitation-to...

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