Center for Spirituality

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  PODCAST: A Conversation With Ruth Haley Barton

  July 16, 2019

  Ruth Haley Barton ministers to the soul care needs of pastors and leaders based on her conviction that the best thing we bring to leadership is our own transforming selves. Ruth Haley Barton is founding president and CEO of the Transforming Center. As a retreat leader, spiritual director, and author, she has inspired others for […]

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  What Do You Do When You “Fail” as a Spiritual Director?

  January 21, 2019

  “I held my best friend in my arms as he died from a heroin overdose.” Those were the words my new directee, Chris*, spoke as he introduced himself during our spiritual direction session. He’d just entered the rehab center where I volunteer. It was the first of our weekly meetings that would continue for four months […]

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  That Which You are Seeking is Seeking you

  November 26, 2018

  That which you are seeking is seeking you. ~ Rumi   This quote from Rumi is a favorite at Dominican Center. Mercy. God’s compassion and kindness, to us as favored, beloved children. Not getting what we deserve; receiving more than we can imagine. Mercy is a gift from God, surprising us with wonders that we […]