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21 " The truth is that spiritual transformation takes place as we embrace the challenges and opportunities associated with each season of our life. "
― Ruth Haley Barton , Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
22 " The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there. HENRI NOUWEN, THE WOUNDED HEALER "
― Ruth Haley Barton , Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
23 " When it comes to transformation or deformation, organizational cultures are rarely neutral. For the most part cultural norms will support and catalyze or work against the process of spiritual transformation. Cultivating a culture "
― Ruth Haley Barton , Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups
24 " If we are able to stay with our frustrations long enough and not give up, we may begin to suspect that the things that most need to be known and solved and figured out in our life are not going to be discovered, solved or figured out at the thinking level anyway. The things we most need to know, solve and figure out will be heard at the listening level, that place within us where God's Spirit witnesses with our spirit (Rom 8:16). Here God speaks to us of things that cannot be understood through human wisdom or shuffled around andfiled away in the mind (1 Cor 2:10-13). Spiritual discernment is given as pure gift in God's way, in God's time, beyond what the human mind can force (1 Cor 2:14). "
― Ruth Haley Barton , Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
25 " The sad truth is that many of us approach the Scriptures more like a textbook than like a love letter. In Western culture in particular, we are predisposed to a certain kind of reading. We have been schooled in an informational reading process that establishes the reader as the master of the text. As the reader, I employ key techniques that allow me to use the text to advance my own purposes. With this kind of reading, the intent is to cover as much ground as possible as quickly as possible. Our emphasis is primarily on mastery, that is, controlling the text for our own ends—gathering information, interpreting or applying the information, proving our point about something, gaining a ministry tool or solving a problem. "
26 " 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, our wants, so that we may be more deeply grounded in God.ROSEMARY DOUGHERTY "
27 " Mi corazón no es orgulloso, ni son altivos mis ojos; no busco grandezas desmedidas, ni proezas que excedan a mis fuerzas. "
28 " waiting on God to move or to shift something inside me while at the same time still needing to lead in the public arena. "
29 " There are times when a leader’s deepest longing is to hear a word from the Lord. Beyond the muddle of all of our thoughts and ideas and brainstorming sessions, we long for an encounter with God that will penetrate all of that and bring some clarity to our situation. "
30 " Mi corazón no es orgulloso, ni son altivos mis ojos; no busco grandezas desmedidas, ni proezas que excedan a mis fuerzas. SALMO 131:1 "
31 " The practice of “turning aside to look” is a spiritual discipline that by its very nature sets us up for an encounter with God. "
32 " spiritual transformation is central to the message of the gospel and therefore central to the mission of the church. "
― Ruth Haley Barton , Life Together in Christ: Experiencing Transformation in Community
33 " Heal our inner sight, O God, that we may know the difference between good and evil. Open our eyes that we may see what is true and what is false. Restore us to wisdom that we may be well in our souls, Restore us to wisdom that we and our world may be well.[2] "
34 " ¡Hasta qué punto necesitan nuestras mentes aprender a descansar de la forma en que lo describe el salmista! "
35 " None of us exists in this world apart from being one gender or another, and in fact our existence as male and female is one of the most complete ways God has revealed the diverse aspects of his own being. "
36 " At some point in our Christian life, many of us realize no one ever told us how to deal with our wounds that are still there—buried deeper than ever—but still there. "
― Ruth Haley Barton , Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God
37 " El silencio nos ayuda a bucear por debajo de la superficialidad de nuestras construcciones mentales hasta el lugar de nuestro corazón, que resulta más profundo en cuanto a su realidad, que cualquier cosa que la mente pueda captar o expresar en palabras. "
38 " True love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and border and salute each other. "
39 " Intense conflict is an invitation to turn to God, who wants to lead us forward into restored relationships and into new organizational processes. JAN WOOD, LON FENDALL AND BRUCE BISHOP, PRACTICING DISCERNMENT TOGETHER "
40 " What shapes our actions is basically what shapes our desire. Desire makes us act and when we act what we do will either lead to a greater integration or disintegration within our personalities, minds, and bodies - and to the strengthening or deterioration of our relationship to God, others, and the world. The habits and disciplines we use to shape our desire form the basis for a spirituality. "