Above "The Rock" from Tulsa
These are a few of the notes taken by a spiritual mentor during time spent with Ruth Haley Barton, author of Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership.
Ruth Haley Barton: on Cultivating Community
ONE: A good journey begins with knowing who you are and a willingness to go somewhere else.
TWO: Sabbath is one of the hardest spiritual disciplines.
THREE: Spiritual formation can be harrowing and dangerous.
FOUR: The bedrock of our being must be the Presence of God (not our work for God).
FIVE: Silence and solitude cannot be optional, they are vital for the soul to meet with God.
SIX: Spiritual transformation is beyond our ability to manage . . . but we can engage in the spiritual disciplines that become the means through which God works our transformation.
SEVEN: Desperation is a good thing, it is what makes us willing to try things that we would otherwise resist.
EIGHT: For those of us who are performance and achievement driven, we will come to really bad places that will then make us desperate for spiritual transformation.
NINE: Do you miss God?
Make it a Great Night!
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Tue, November 18, 2008