Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
We’re back! This season we’re focusing on worship, particularly worship that is transformative. Our season long guest is Rory Noland and we will be working with his book, Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered. In addition to Ruth and Rory, we will also be bringing other guests into the conversations about worship with spiritual formation at its core. This season is for all who worship, not just pastors and leaders who plan the weekly services!
In today’s episode Aaron Niequist joins Ruth and Rory to discuss the practices that make up Transforming Worship. They discuss how Covid revealed just how little participation was required in most church services, the temptation leaders face to create emotional experiences rather than allow space for the Holy Spirit to do its work, and what’s wrong with how most of us pray in worship settings. This conversation is full of thoughtful dialogue and practical advice.
Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor who recently graduated from General Theological Seminary in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), he created A New Liturgy - a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. He then curated a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called “The Practice”. Aaron released a book called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-based Faith can Save us from Drowning, and continues to create resources to help others flesh it out. He currently serves at St Peter’s Episcopal Church in Chelsea and helps lead Pastors, Priests and Guides retreats around the country. The best part of his life is his wife Shauna, and their sons Henry and William. Aaronniequist.com
Rory Noland is the director of Heart of the Artist Ministries, an organization dedicated to serving artists in the church. He mentors worship leaders, speaks at churches and conferences, leads retreats for artists, and consults with churches in the areas of worship and the arts. Rory is also a trained spiritual director, a published songwriter and has authored five books, including the best-seller, The Heart of the Artist: A Character-Building Guide For You and Your Ministry Team. Rory earned a Doctoral Degree from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. He was part of TC2 and led worship for the The Transforming Center for fifteen years.
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Mentioned in the episode:
Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered by Rory Noland
All music in this episode is featured on the Transforming Resource, The Lord is In Our Midst CD
Music Credit:
Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist
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The Transforming Center exists to create space for God to strengthen leaders and transform communities. You are invited to join our next Transforming Community:® A Two-year Spiritual Formation Experience for Leaders. Delivered in nine quarterly retreats, this practice-based learning opportunity is grounded in the conviction that the best thing you bring to leadership is your own transforming self!
Season 16: Episode 6 | Second Order Change: Recognizing and Dissolving Stuck Patterns
Season 16: Episode 5 | The Freedom of Taking Responsibility
Season 16: Episode 4 | Calm Presence: Leadership, Anxiety, and the False Self
Season 16: Episode 3 | The Sins of the Fathers (and Mothers): How Family of Origin Impacts Our Leadership
Season 16: Episode 2 | The Most Powerful Leadership Tool: Diagnosing and Diffusing Anxiety
Season 16: Episode 1| What’s Really Going On? Systems Theory and the Soul of Leadership
Season 15: Easter Monday | Practicing Resurrection
Season 15: Holy Week | Following Jesus All the Way
Season 15: Lent Week 6 | Living Between Two Passions
Season 15: Lent Week 5 | Out With the Old, In With the New
Season 15: Lent Week 4 | The Power of Confession
Season 15: Lent Week 3 | Seeking God While He May Be Found
Season 15: Lent Week 2 | Consenting to God’s Will Deep Within
Season 15: Lent Week 1 | Fashioning Our Own Wilderness
Lent 2022 Teaser | Lent for Leaders: With God in the Wilderness
BONUS: A Conversation with Rory Noland about Transforming Worship
BONUS: A Conversation with Aaron Niequist about Fixed Hour Prayer and Transforming Community 18
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