Bøker av Ruth Haley Barton

In her book Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest, Ruth Haley Barton explores the gift of sabbath. This journal offers selected wisdom from the book, blank spaces for written responses, and fifty-two prompts to launch divine dialogue as you intentionally develop the habit of pausing to reflect.

Logos Book of the Year Meetings can sap our energy, rupture community and thoroughly demoralize us. They can go on forever with no resolution. Or they can rush along without consensus just to "e;get through the agenda."e; What if there was another way?Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Transforming Center, helps teams transition to a much more suitable model-the spiritual community that discerns God's will together.In these pages you will discover personal and group practices that will lead you into a new way of experiencing community and listening to God together.

For pastors and leaders, the possibility of living in balanced rhythms of work and rest feels elusive. Ruth Haley Barton offers hard-won wisdom regarding rhythms of Sabbath, grounds us in God's intentions in giving us the gift of sabbath, and provides practical steps for embedding Sabbath rhythms into our churches and organizations.

Much of our faith and practice is about words-preaching, teaching, talking with others. Yet all of these words are not enough to take us into the real presence of God. This book is an invitation to meet God deeply and fully through solitude and silence. This expanded edition includes a guide for groups to use for both discussion and practice.

Academy of Parish Clergy - 2018 Top Ten List

This participant's guide from Ruth Haley Barton, designed for use with the six-session Sacred Rhythms DVD study, provides guidance for you and your group in a way that links the disciplines of the Christian faith to the most compelling desires of the human soul.