Season 2: Episode 6 | The Nature of the Spiritual Journey
Jesus listened long enough to the disciples on the Emmaus Road to offer a spiritual perspective on the hardest experiences of life. In this conversation, Ruth and Steve discuss the role of suffering in the Christian journey and how we need to normalize suffering so we can claim its fruitful role in the spiritual life. Ruth highlights the stages of the spiritual journey and how transforming communities need to have resources to meet people at all of these stages.
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In this podcast:
- The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard
- Invitation to a Journey: A Roadmap for Spiritual Formation by M. Robert Mulholland, Jr.
- Life Together in Christ: Experiencing Transformation in Community by Ruth Haley Barton
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