Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
This is a replay of an episode we released only to patrons of The Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership podcast. While we take a small hiatus from normal programming to attend to the work of The Transforming Center as well as a special Digital Film Capture project we invite you to revisit some of our previous seasons.
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For our patrons during the Lent season we recorded a special conversation with Sandra Van Opstal. Sandra sat down with Ruth and Tina to discuss why lent is so significant to someone who was formed in a Latina Roman Catholic tradition, how the Transforming Center helped make the bridge to a reforma-costal BIPOC pastoral space as well as why diverse spiritual practices lead us to solidarity and mutuality.
This conversation was insightful and important for us all as we seek to be leaders doing God's important justice work.
Sandra Maria Van Opstal is a second-generation Latina and the executive director of Chasing Justice. She is an author, pastor, and activist reimagining the intersection of faith and justice. Her work centers on chasing justice under the mentorship of the global church, for the mobilizing of the next generation of leaders. Sandra has given leadership in global movements such as Lausanne, The Justice Conference, and Urbana Missions Conference. She has also had a strong domestic presence as an executive pastor at Grace and Peace Church and as an activist on the west-side of Chicago. Sandra serves as a board member for CCDA. She holds a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is currently pursuing doctoral work in urban leadership and transformation. She is a contributor to the New York Times Bestselling book A Rhythm of Prayer and she's also the author of The Next Worship.
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BONUS: A Conversation with Glenn Packiam on Being a Resilient Pastor, Challenges Facing the Church, and Cultivating A Spiritual Life
BONUS: Ask Ruth #5 Excerpt
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Season 16: Episode 8 | Systems Theory and Leadership: Picking Up the Tools that Diffuse Anxiety
Season 16: Episode 7 | It’s a Human Thing: Systems Theory in Non-Majority Spaces
Season 16: Episode 6 | Second Order Change: Recognizing and Dissolving Stuck Patterns
Season 16: Episode 5 | The Freedom of Taking Responsibility
Season 16: Episode 4 | Calm Presence: Leadership, Anxiety, and the False Self
Season 16: Episode 3 | The Sins of the Fathers (and Mothers): How Family of Origin Impacts Our Leadership
Season 16: Episode 2 | The Most Powerful Leadership Tool: Diagnosing and Diffusing Anxiety
Season 16: Episode 1| What’s Really Going On? Systems Theory and the Soul of Leadership
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Season 15: Holy Week | Following Jesus All the Way
Season 15: Lent Week 6 | Living Between Two Passions
Season 15: Lent Week 5 | Out With the Old, In With the New
Season 15: Lent Week 4 | The Power of Confession
Season 15: Lent Week 3 | Seeking God While He May Be Found
Season 15: Lent Week 2 | Consenting to God’s Will Deep Within
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