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Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of spiritual disciplines, Ruth Haley ...
Although women have unprecedented opportunities and options today, their lives are still often filled with the mundane, the difficult, the downright t...
Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
In this expanded edition of her spiritual formation classic, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual lead...
Experiencing Transformation in Community
We've all been let down by so-called community. Why is it so hard for us to connect and grow together for the long haul? Veteran spiritual director Ru...
Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
Ruth Haley Barton's award-winning, practical introduction to the spiritual practice of silence and solitude is an invitation to you to journey into th...
The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God
When we choose retreat we make a generous investment in our friendship with Christ. Seasoned spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton gently and eloquentl...
Relationships That Bring Life
Bring Hope, Faith, and Love to Your Relationships. The biblical character of Ruth was striking in her capacity to bring life to her relationships. Eve...
Wisdom for Today's Issues
Contemporary women face numerous challenging and often painful issues, including infertility, caring for aging parents, singleness, the generation gap...
A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups
Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Tra...
From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again
For pastors and leaders, the possibility of living in balanced rhythms of work and rest feels elusive. Ruth Haley Barton offers hard-won wisdom regard...
Spiritual Practices That Nourish Your Soul and Transform Your Life
This participant's guide from Barton, designed for use with the six-session Sacred Rhythms DVD study, provides guidance for groups in a way that links...
A Woman's Path to Transformation in Christ
the quiet places of your heart, do you ever yearn for something more? Many Christian women, if we are honest, feel discontented about aspects of our l...
A Six-Week Lenten Journey
Lent is the opportune season to confront injustice as we contemplate Christ's suffering together. This collection of Lenten devotions from IVP authors...
14 Life Challenges for Women
We all long for the freedom to choose based on our heart's truest desires -- and to love beyond fear and self-protection. Yet many of us lose touch wi...
A Woman's Calling to Spiritual Transformation
We all long for the freedom to choose based on our heart's truest desires-and to love beyond fear and self-protection. Yet many of us lose touch with ...
Walking Through the Advent Season Together
The seasons of the Church year are meant to teach us essential truths about the spiritual life. Advent is an invitation to practice waiting for the li...
What Your Soul Wants to Say to God
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, bla...
Experiencing the Reality of God in Your Everyday Life
In the routine moments of an ordinary day . . . you can experience the reality of God s presence. Christ entered our broken world to give us life in a...
Experiencing the Reality of God in Your Everyday Life: Curriculum Kit
This 8-session ready-to-teach curriculum guides and equips both leaders and participants in concrete ways to embrace the very real person of Jesus Chr...