“At times the strength of spiritual community lies in the love of people who refrain from getting caught in the trap of trying to fix everything for us, who pray for us and allow us the pain of our wilderness,… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“Discernment is first of all a habit, a way of seeing that eventually permeates our whole life. It is the journey from spiritual blindness… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“realidad, la historia de Elías nos enseña que si no le damos descanso a nuestro cuerpo, a nuestra mente y a nuestra alma, la… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“la historia de Elías me invitó a dejar de intentar combatir el cansancio y rendirme a él en la presencia del Señor.” — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“So—why do we need a covenant? Because a written covenant makes our commitment real on a level that mere conversation does not. It provides… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“Most of us are more tired than we know at the soul level. We are teetering on the brink of dangerous exhaustion, and we… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“None of us exists in this world apart from being one gender or another, and in fact our existence as male and female is… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“The purpose of journeying together in spiritual friendship and spiritual community (whether there are just two of you or whether you are in a… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“The first leg of Moses' journey as a leader, then, was not to lead anyone else anywhere; it was to allow himself to be… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your need for deeper levels of spiritual transformation than… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“At times the strength of spiritual community lies in the love of people who refrain from getting caught in the trap of trying to… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“I cannot transform myself, or anyone else for that matter. What I can do is create the conditions in which spiritual transformation can take… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“Intense conflict is an invitation to turn to God, who wants to lead us forward into restored relationships and into new organizational processes. JAN… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“Parker Palmer observes, "A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside him or her self, inside his… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“One thing we can know for sure is that when we are confessing our sin to God but not to the people around us… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
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