Season 15
Lent Reflections: A Season of Returning
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Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins will journey through Lent with a spirit of self-examination and desire for intimacy with God. Each episode will highlight a particular temptation found in one of the passages from Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary for Lent that is relevant for leaders today and Ruth and Steve will provide practices to combat those temptations.
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Lent 2022 Teaser | Lent for Leaders: With God in the Wilderness
Our next podcast season begins on Ash Wednesday! Season 15 will help us walk through Lent together. Steve Weins is back with Ruth and together the two will tackle this…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Lent Week 1 | Fashioning Our Own Wilderness
Ruth Haley Barton and Steve Weins will journey through Lent with a spirit of self-examination and desire for intimacy with God. Each episode will highlight a particular temptation found in…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Lent Week 2 | Consenting to God’s Will Deep Within
What is it about leaders that we seem to struggle so much with the temptation to take matters into our own hands and “help” God out when we distrust His…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Lent Week 3 | Seeking God While He May Be Found
This week Ruth and Steve address the temptation to invest in that which does not satisfy. So many of us leaders find ourselves turning towards escapist behaviors in our exhaustion…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Lent Week 4 | The Power of Confession
This week’s temptation may bring us to the hardest, deepest places of Lent. We are talking about the temptation to be silent about our sin and the power of the…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Lent Week 5 | Out With the Old, In With the New
We seem to be turning a corner during this week of Lent! Ruth and Steve discuss the lectionary readings for the fifth Sunday of Lent and the call to prepare…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Lent Week 6 | Living Between Two Passions
We have arrived at Palm Sunday and this week Ruth and Steve discuss the disorienting swing the people create between hailing Jesus as King and calling for his crucifixion in…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Holy Week | Following Jesus All the Way
Ruth and Steve guide us into Holy Week with the reminder of the importance of keeping vigil and a discussion on the temptation to fall asleep. In what ways do…
Listen and access show notesSeason 15: Easter Monday | Practicing Resurrection
We couldn’t leave you hanging in the darkness of Good Friday, so to wrap up season 15 of the podcast we are concluding with a conversation about Easter and the…
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