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Wheaton Transforming Center helps clergy reconnect with themselves

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Ruth Haley Barton, founder and president of the Transforming Center in Wheaton, has written a book titled "Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups."

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Ruth Haley Barton says even members of the clergy must set aside regular times of quiet and solitude as necessary ingredients to connecting with God and nurturing spiritual health.

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Ruth Haley Barton founded the Transforming Center in Wheaton to strengthen the spiritual health of Christian leaders after experiencing burnout while serving in church ministry.

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Ruth Haley Barton, head of the Transforming Center in Wheaton, meets with Jeffery James, marketing and communications, and board member Glenn Balsis.

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Pastors and Christian leaders are supposed to care for the spiritual lives of others, but who cares for their own? After hitting a wall in in her relationship with God while serving on church staff, Ruth Haley Barton began a search for spiritual transformation in her own life and started Transforming Community to minister to other Christian leaders.
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    • Ruth Haley Barton, founder and president of the Transforming Center in Wheaton, has written a book titled “Pursuing God’s Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups.”
    • Ruth Haley Barton says even members of the clergy must set aside regular times of quiet and solitude as necessary ingredients to connecting with God and nurturing spiritual health.
    • Ruth Haley Barton founded the Transforming Center in Wheaton to strengthen the spiritual health of Christian leaders after experiencing burnout while serving in church ministry.
    • Ruth Haley Barton, head of the Transforming Center in Wheaton, meets with Jeffery James, marketing and communications, and board member Glenn Balsis.
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