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Monday, June 16, 2025 Then in the second hour, Kerby welcomes the two co-founders of GoodKind and the co-authors of Building Spiritual Habits in the Home. Connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio and on Twitter @PointofViewRTS with your opinions or comments. Looking for just the Highlights? Follow us on Spotify at Point of View Highlights […]

In this episode of The GoodKind podcast, Clayton, Chris, and Amy discuss the significance of tangible items in enhancing spiritual practices and faith engagement. They explore how physical objects can serve as reminders and tools for personal growth, emphasizing the importance of being intentional in cultivating faith through everyday items. The conversation includes personal anecdotes about items that have impacted their spiritual lives, such as scripture memory tattoos and prayer chips, and concludes with practical takeaways for listeners to incorporate tangible reminders into their own faith journeys.TakeawaysTangible items significantly impact our spiritual lives.Physical objects can serve as reminders to engage with faith.Tangible reminders can help cultivate intentional habits.Personal items can help transition into different roles or mindsets.Finding physical objects that resonate with personal intentions is key.Links Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodkind.coOur products: https://goodkind.shop/ Our book, Building Spiritual Habits in the Home: https://www.amazon.com/Building-Spiritual-Habits-Home-Small/dp/0802434304/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Z8YOBA8SBNM6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qu59ZbacDPX9GZL4rJK2Jtt4lZDB6c0lLMCKQAncVmkf-Cr5ysok9kF0VH3WhHkdsjASUe0SbXXIvZeI5zDWl1mbJJ_68Utl1jwya2wGA0w.8bhF9konQ3ZJ3HqYYfP5omh6Y7QaJEvhK3nVqvV0x54&dib_tag=se&keywords=building+spiritual+habits+in+the+home&qid=1733772078&sprefix=building+spiritual+%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-1 Scripture memory tatoos by Dwell: https://dwelldifferently.com/

summaryIn this conversation, Graham Goodkind shares his journey from working in PR to founding Frank PR, discussing the challenges and triumphs of growing the agency, navigating acquisitions, and ultimately transitioning to employee ownership. He reflects on the lessons learned throughout his career, the importance of creativity in business, and his current role in guiding the agency's future.takeawaysGraham Goodkind's career began with work experience in PR.He founded Frank PR in 2000, celebrating 25 years in business.Growth in the early years was rapid due to bold campaigns.Selling the agency involved navigating complex acquisition processes.The buyback of Frank PR was motivated by a desire for control.Employee ownership was seen as a legacy for the team.Goodkind emphasizes the importance of creativity in PR.He enjoys a balanced work life, focusing on strategic input.The agency's culture has been key to its success.Goodkind continues to mentor and advise other businesses.Connect with Barnaby on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barnabycook/Join The Exit Plan mailing list: http://eepurl.com/iC8sIY

We're back with another super practical episode of the podcast where we're previewing our founders' new book, Building Spiritual Habits in the Home. For most people, this one may come as a surprise, but if you've ever used a GoodKind product before, you'll understand right away! We find that one of the most helpful ways to grow in a spiritual habit is to make it tangible. Having a physical cue isn't just a practical way to help you engage with God more often, though, it's also rooted in biblical history! Join us on the podcast today and make sure to preorder the book on Amazon!

We're so excited to announce that our GoodKind Co-founders, Chris Pappalardo and Clayton Greene, are now Co-AUTHORS! Their book, Building Spiritual Habits in the Home, will officially release in January 2025, but we are so excited to give you a sneak peek of what to expect. And we're starting where it all begins—with God, and some ways that who He is impacts our spiritual practices. Join Amy, our Operations Director, and Chris and Clayton for a conversation that will leave you not just excited for the book, but encouraged as you approach spiritual habits in your home! For more about GoodKind and the products we make, visit www.goodkind.shop.

As the Advent season dawns, gratitude often finds itself overshadowed by the rush of holiday checklists, gift shopping, and endless to-do lists. This Thanksgiving weekend, Patti Garibay is joined by Clayton Greene, CEO and co-founder of GoodKind, to help us reclaim a heart of gratitude that carries through all of Advent.  Clayton's journey with GoodKind began with a desire to help families anticipate Christ's arrival in a way that fosters meaningful moments and lasting memories. Together with his wife Kristen and close friends, Clayton created the Advent Blocks—a devotional tool that encourages families to savor each day of December, centering their hearts on the greatest gift: Jesus. Through GoodKind's unique products, including the GratiKube, families can practice daily gratitude in simple, profound ways that cut through the seasonal hustle.  In this conversation, Clayton and Patti delve into the Biblical roots of gratitude, exploring how the Advent season offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on God's unwavering love. Clayton shares how practicing gratitude not only builds family bonds but also brings kids and parents alike closer to a true appreciation of Christ's sacrifice and love. He offers insights on weaving gratitude into daily routines, from mealtime reflections to meaningful conversations, ensuring that the season's heart doesn't get lost in the decorations.  Clayton's tools for celebrating Advent are now available in the AHGstore, and Patti is excited to introduce AHG families to resources that nurture the soul. Tune in for ideas on keeping gratitude alive, and be inspired to celebrate a season filled with purpose, faith, and the true spirit of giving.  To purchase the GratiKube or Advent Blocks, visit the AHGstore at store.americanheritagegirls.org  Learn more about Clayton's work with GoodKind, visit goodkind.shop  Find an American Heritage Girls Troop near you, visit americanheritagegirls.org    Add even more Biblical wisdom to your parenting quiver, visit raisinggodlygirls.com  

Happy November! It's a month full of Autumn goodness and all sorts of random (and not-so-random) holidays. Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Amy are in the studio working out all sorts of ways to engage with God and one another this month, and we can't wait for you to join us! Enjoy the leaves. Enjoy the margin. Enjoy all the food and family. And get ready, because Christmas is coming! Random Holidays Sunday, Nov. 3 - Daylight Savings Ends, Give Someone a Dollar Day Monday, Nov. 4 - National Candy Day Tuesday, Nov. 5 - Election Day Wednesday, Nov. 6 - Stress Awareness Day Saturday, Nov. 9 - Chaos Never Dies Day Monday, Nov. 11 - Veterans' Day Friday, Nov. 22 - Flossing Day Thursday, Nov. 28 - Thanksgiving Day Recommendations Article—⁠Thanksgiving After Another Hard Year⁠ Article—⁠Eight Reasons Why Thanksgiving Deserves Its Moment⁠ ⁠GratiKube⁠ and ⁠Advent Blocks⁠ from GoodKind (with new packaging—perfect for gifting!) Freebies Free stuff when you vote! A lot of these deals are local, so keep an ear out near you. Usually Krispy Kreme will give you a free donut if you show your voting sticker!  Free food for Veterans! Cake at Cracker Barrel, sandwiches at Chick-fil-A, a meal at Applebees, and more on Nov. 11! Starbucks Red Cup Day! Buy a seasonal drink on Nov. 21 and get a free reusable cup! Learn more about us and the products we make at www.goodkind.shop

Happy Christmas in July! It might not be the time of year where you're used to thinking about Christmas. But we think it's a great time to grab a pool floaty and your family and think through what this year's Christmas season will look like. Plus, we LOVE Christmas. And we love all of the opportunities the season gives us to redirect anticipation toward Jesus' birth. So our team compiled a list of 5 activities to make the season more meaningful, and we know that just a little bit of preparation now will reap huge rewards once Christmas rolls around. Plus, we'd love it more than anything if you'd join us this year with Advent Blocks. It's what started us on this whole journey of celebrating the GoodKind habits and holidays. And we think you'll love it! www.goodkind.shop Top 5 Activities for a More Meaningful Christmas 1. Make space to decorate.  Enjoy the lights and tree (no judgment on if it is real or artificial!) but also put something up central in the home that is about Jesus. We think Advent Blocks is just as good as a decoration as it is a family tradition.  2. Make something homemade.  Christmas crafts are the best! There are tons of options online, but we also have several suggestions for church leaders to use along with Advent Blocks! Sign up here for the local church program for crafts, games, and coloring pages for the whole church to use together!  3. Read a book together.  Repetition is key. And the Christmas story is a beautiful one to craft a family tradition around. Pick a devotional that you will plan to read together year after year.  4. Sing!  There are so many great Christmas carols, jingles, and songs to celebrate the season with. We even wrote one ourselves! 5. Give intentional gifts.  Schedule time to shop together with your kids. Schedule a time to wrap those gifts. The togetherness makes it so special. But before you do any of that, schedule a time to make your list, and make it meaningful. Last year, we even suggested cutting some people out! Trust us, being intentional about the whole gift-giving process may feel like extra work, but it is so worth it to have the confidence that goes with the intentionality! And they will feel it too! 

Fellow dads, Clayton Greene, and one of our favorite "Sherpas", Arthur Tew, are here with a special bonus episode this week! Arthur is part of Sherpa Collaborative, a small business accelerator that is has been instrumental in GoodKind as you know it, and all the products we make! Arthur brings alignment and insight to everything we're about, and as he and Clayton began talking about shifts they were making in their schedules this summer, we decided to throw a mic in front of them so that we could share the conversation with you too! We hope it's encouraging and helpful, and also a fun behind-the-scenes look at what some of our daily interactions look like! Top 5 Dad Shifts For Summer Take evening walks. They're great for open-ended conversation! Don't have a plan, just take advantage of the extra sunlight, get out there, and get your wiggles out. Change the location and type of breakfast. Invite conversation and give connection in the morning. Those moments really frame the day for family intimacy. Try competitive sweating. Yes, sweating. Get outside and get some exercise. Work hard and work up a good sweat. It's fun if the kids join in, too. See if you can keep up! Take some "pool afternoons". Leave early on a week day and do a cannonball, already. It is a little bit of extra fun and is incredibly meaningful for everyone involved. Allow for late bedtimes, but don't lose adult time. If your kids are old enough, have them do their bedtime independently. As long as they stay in the room (and stay quiet) then all is well. Give the adults some time to talk and straighten up and be quiet themselves. Bonus Challenge: Try a dad camp. Take a few day (3 - 5) and make a daily schedule that looks a lot like camp. Don't over schedule. Leave space for quiet time, reading, pool, and a strict lights out. Every vacation day away from work doesn't have to be spent on the road traveling.

Welcome back to our Family Reflections for Holy Week! It's Holy Monday, and time for another Bible Story and reflection time with GoodKind author, Chris, and his daughter, Lottie. Grab the family and settle as we retrace Jesus' steps during Holy Week.

Happy New Year! We are back with a new season of The GoodKind Podcast, and we are so excited to share another year of habits and holidays with you. This January, and all year long, we want to help you engage with God and one another, by taking a little intentionality and cultivating meaningful moments together. Join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Lindsey on the podcast today, and start 2024 off with the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices. Random Holidays 1 - New Year's Day, Polar Bear Plunge Day, New Year's Resolutions week    3 - Memento Mori 10 - Houseplant Appreciation Day 11 - International Thank-you Day 12 - Quitters Day  13 - National Vision Board Day 15 - MLK Day  20 - National Charlie Day, National Use Your Gift Card Day  24 - Just Do It Day 29 - National Puzzle Day  30 - National Plan for Vacation Day  31 - "January Starts in February" Eve Freebies  GoodKind Winter prayers - Get them goodkind.shop! Bagel day - Jan 15 (Brueggers, Einstein Bros and Panera giving away free bagels) "No Rules Day" - Jan 31 (Free appetizer or dessert at Outback) Recommendations Sabbath Box, from GoodKind (50% off!) When by Daniel Pink

If you've ever used a GoodKind product, we hope you've found it to be not only theologically rich, but also playful. There are so many ways we take the concept of living out our faith so seriously that we forget that it should be lighthearted and fun, too. Playfulness is at the heart of every GoodKind product because we think it's in the heart of God. Join Clayton, Chris, and Brian in this episode of our mini-series, Making Spiritual Practices Stick, to hear why!

Our founder, Clayton, and his wife, Kristen, are back on the podcast this week helping us all stay ahead of the curve when it comes to giving gifts to friends and family this year. Not just to help us get organized and make sure we have plenty of time to pull it off, but to help make sure we're giving gifts that matter. Meaningful, intentional, personal...you know... the GoodKind of gift-giving. Plus, if you're looking for an easy WIN, listen out for a discount code exclusive to podcast listeners so you can gift some GoodKind products this year! We're a little biased, but we think your friends and family will love what you send them from our shop! www.goodkind.shop

Clayton Greene is passionate about helping people develop good habits and holiday celebrations that foster a relationship with Jesus. With the use of products like Advent Blocks, GratiKube, and the Sabbath Box, he is offering practical tools that help churches and individuals in their discipleship. To access the podcast or show notes, visit www.redletterpodcast.com. Every pastor knows small groups are important, yet a lot aren't too happy with where their small groups are right now. You can grow your small groups right now. That's right. We have helped more than 800 churches grow their small groups, and it's not as hard as you think. Our super-simple, easily-doable 5-step guide to grow your small group strategy is found by clicking on this link. Resources mentioned in the episode: Advent BlocksSabbath BoxThe GoodKind Podcast www.GoodKind.shopEpisode 47 Jay Kim Red Letter Disciple PodcastKey insights from the episode: There's a cultural Christmas, and then there's a Christian Christmas. - Clayton GreeneThrough Advent blocks, children will learn the whole story of the Bible. - Clayton GreeneStopping to mark holidays is really important. - Clayton GreeneIt's necessary to incorporate into the family something analog, something that has a physical dimension to it. - Clayton GreeneA Sabbath box cues spiritual practice. - Clayton GreeneThe location where you put your Bible will affect how much you read it. - Clayton GreenePrepare for Christmas ahead of time so you are intentionally celebrating. - Clayton GreeneClayton Greene's challenge: Prepare for Christmas now. Are you following Jesus? Many want to be greater followers of Jesus but don't know how. We extensively studied everything Jesus commanded of us and located five key targets to which Jesus invited His followers. The five targets are Being, Forgiving, Serving, Giving, and Going.In partnership with LifeWay Research, we created a Red Letter Challenge Assessment that will measure you according to these five targets. And the best news of all: it's free! You will get results back immediately and be presented with the next steps to help you become an even greater follower of Jesus.You can take the FREE Red Letter Challenge Assessment here. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or the Hurrdat Media YouTube channel!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to our mini series on Making Spiritual Practices Stick. This week, we're talking about one of the key aspects that's revolutionized how we practice our faith, and one of the core elements of every GoodKind product—How to make your faith tangible. Join Clayton, Chris, and Amy, as they share their own experiences and discuss why it all matters.

Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we're kicking off something new—a mini series that will help you develop spiritual practices that stick. We love reading books from habit experts and we love spiritual practices. But what we love even more, is bringing those things together to help make our faith practical and do-able. We believe that with just a few easy tweaks, you can take a spiritual practice that you're struggling with, and turn it into something that isn't just sustainable, but life-giving. It's why we got started making Advent Blocks (and everything else from GoodKind!) in the first place! We're so excited to break down these principles on the podcast and share them with you. First up: Make it easy. It helps, and it matters. Pull up a seat and join us!

Welcome back to the unSeminary podcast. I'm talking with Chris Pappalardo and Clayton Greene from The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina. Chris is Editor on the Creative Arts team and Clayton is the Summit Collaborative Director. Have you started planning for Christmas yet at your church? Are you looking for a way to help […]

This is a replay of a previous episode of The Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership podcast. While we take a small hiatus from normal programming to attend to the work of The Transforming Center as well as a special Digital Film Capture project we invite you to revisit some of our previous seasons. Please enjoy this episode from Season 17: Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again.   Please visit our website to learn more about the work of The Transforming Center and our Digital Capture project! We're here this week to talk about the elephant in the sabbath room… technology. Ruth and guest, Tiffany Shlain, talk all about how our technology impacts our ability to truly rest, why a “tech Shabbat” has been a lifeline for Tiffany, and the nitty gritty details of how Tiffany goes completely screen-free (and we mean completely) for 24 hours each week. We also hear from one of the founders of our sponsor, Good Kind, Chris Pappalardo, about the Sabbath Boxes they created to help people really unplug on the sabbath.   Tiffany Shlain is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, filmmaker, and public speaker. Her work explores the relationship between humanity and technology; the future of work, digital wellbeing and happiness; gender and women's rights; and neuroscience and creativity. ​Honored by Newsweek as one of the "Women Shaping the 21st Century," Tiffany is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and author of the national bestselling book 24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection.   Chris Pappalardo is editor at The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. He is the author and co-founder of GoodKind, an organization that cultivates practices that draw people to God and to one another. He is married to Jenn and is the proud dad of Lottie, who wants to save the planet, and Teddy, who wants you to read him another book.   Mentioned in this episode:  24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection by Tiffany Shlain GoodKind Sabbath Boxes   .   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest is available wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org).   You can also order the Sabbath Journal.  This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Reflection from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!   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!

Today we welcome Clayton Greene to the podcast.  Clayton Greene is CEO and co-founder of GoodKind. Together with friends, Clayton and his wife, Kristen, created Advent Blocks—a devotional practice to help them anticipate Jesus during the month of December. Three years, tens of thousands of families, and several new products later, Clayton is still just as passionate about helping people engage with God and one another. Clayton is also the Summit Collaborative Director, where he supports 65 independent church plants and their leaders. The Greenes live in Durham, NC with their two daughters, Cara and Susan.  Check out all of their great products HEREBe sure to listen to and share past episodes on our site www.reimaginecast.com

In this chapter, Richard discovers that he has phenomenal cosmic powers - and the place that comes with it is pretty big! He meets the spirit of Kahlan's mom who tries to convince our hero that sometimes it's important to stop and smell the roses. And Aarons prophecy is proven right! All that and more while we re read chapter 61 of Temple of the Winds!

In this chapter of Temple of the Winds, Verna and Warren make good on their promise of showing up to help Janet and Amelia escape but find out their not as protected from Jagang as they thought... Drefan tries his hand at ruling Aydindril. And speaking of hands, why don't you take a guess as to where he's putting his. All this and more in chapter 60 of Temple of the Winds!

In this chapter Richard and Kahlan face the end of their world when they're married to Nadine and Drefan and being unable to find any other way out of this marriage.

In this chapter, Richard and Kahlan tell their prospective spouses about the winds requirement that they marry. Unsurprisingly they're not too upset. Meanwhile Nathan is making moves that seem like Richard may not be around much longer. Join us for chapter 56 of Temple Of The Winds!

In this episode, Chris is picking back up with friend and former small group member, Ryan Davis. Chris and Ryan still attend the same church, but ran into each other at a coffee shop recently after not seeing either other for awhile. They reconnected over GoodKind products and practicing their faith with their families. They've been mutually encouraged by one another's spiritual practices in the home, and they're sitting down to share that story and encourage all of us. We hope you enjoy, and we hope you'll consider checking out Advent Blocks, Sticky Prayers, or any other GoodKind products!

School's out, and it's time for summer! We're back with another Habits and Holidays episode of The GoodKind Podcast, and we're excited about all things happening in June! Join us and consider how you'll make meaningful moments in the month ahead! GoodKind of Freebies! June 2nd, National Donut Day. (Usually all the chains offer free donuts, check your local listings). June 8th, National Best Friends Day. Last year Blaze Pizza did sharable appetizers for free! June 21st, National Smoothie Day. Look at Jamba Juice and Smoothie King.

This week, the guys are joined by the talented Andi Ink of Goodkind tattoo in Chicago! The crew discuss proper bedside manners with your client, what to do with the uncooperative clients, questioning if tattoo supplies companies are overcharging their costumers and much much more! remember to Like, subscribe and comment below! 

An assassin makes an attempt on Nadines life and disappears into the crowded city streets. Later that night, Kahlan sees someone moving around in the dark of her room. A killer is revealed and more while we talk about chapter 51 of Temple Of The Winds.

What do you get when some grown-up college friends and their kids rent a house together in the mountains? Twenty-four people from several states under one roof, endless laughs, a new generation of friends, mom and dad's night outs, and meaningful moments turned powerful memories. ...oh, and a hole in the wall. Clayton and Kristen Greene are here with Andrew and Jenn Brown, two of their friends who vacationed together last summer. They're making the case that the GoodKind of vacation is a vacation with friends, and they're sharing tips for how to make meaningful moments with your own friends this summer.

WIZARD'S FIRST RULE by Terry Goodkind / THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS, #1) by Rick Riordan It's a fantasy-filled episode this week, but please don't tell Terry Goodkind! Toby digs into WIZARD'S FIRST RULE, the first book in Goodkind's epic (and supposedly not fantastical) series about dragons and magic. Don't worry, Toby doesn't need a Sword of Truth to share his candid thoughts on the book! Then, Bailey meets tween hero Percy Jackson in THE LIGHTNING THIEF, thereby discovering that the Greek underworld is only a few blocks away. Plus, we celebrate our friends' publishing successes, Andrew quizzes us on Roman mythology, and Dillon finds a new way to torment us with book shame. 

In this chapter, we follow Kahlan through the streets of Aydindril and the Palace to make her way to Richard and apologize. Find out how it takes it in chapter 48 of Temple Of The Winds!

In this episode we follow Richard, who finds his way into the First Wizard's enclave. Then he proceeds to find a needle in a haystack only after blindfolding himself to "see" better. It's chapter 46 of temple of the winds!

Goodkind has been a regular part of our household holidays for a few years now.  We love their meaningful, playful, gospel-centered products that help all of us focus on the gospel!Chris Pappalardo, one of the founders of GoodKind, joins me today on the podcast.  We talk about the graticube, rhythms for your home and family, and going on walks.GoodkindSummit RDUBurning in My Bones

Shota and Kahlan spill the "tea'' over pastries, so we're trying a beer called Holiday Bake Sale today to put something sweet into what could otherwise be a very salty conversation.... get it? It's chapter 41 of Temple Of The Winds!

Kahlan brings the thunder and Shota calls the lightning. It's going to be a storm we're happy to be in though bc we're also going to try a new beer we havent tried before from Stormcloud Brewing Company. And lastly we're going to hear from a listener who wanted to weigh in on Aaron joining the show!

In this chapter of Temple Of The Winds we catch back up with Nathan and Clarissa who are hiding in plain sight - and having the time of their lives doing it! They may even be falling in love.... or are they?

We're sitting down with author of The Common Rule and Habits of the Household, Justin Whitmel Earley. Out of crisis, Justin aligned his calling with his habits, and is helping others understand how to do the same. Justin's expertise informs a lot of what we do here at GoodKind, especially in the realm of creating habits that will help you engage with God and one another. This one's a real treat, so come on over at sit at Justin's feet with us!

Chatbots are sometimes misunderstood – luckily they're emotionless – but in this episode, Shane and Mickey look to shed light on how to think about, set up, and integrate your chatbot to make it work FOR you. Whether you're shopping for different software or looking to optimize your existing bot, this episode is sure to help you make smart, intentional next steps.Fanatical Fridays is brought to you by Enrollify.  Enrollify is where higher ed comes to learn new marketing skills, discover new software and services, network with the best minds, and find their next gig.  You can connect with Shane on LinkedIn or Twitter and Mickey on LinkedIn. This week's episode is brought to you by Goodkind. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too!  Our podcast network is growing by the month and we've got a plethora of marketing, admissions, and higher ed technology shows that are jam-packed with stories, ideas, and frameworks all designed to empower you to be a better higher ed professional. Our shows feature a selection of the industry's best as your hosts. Learn from Mickey Baines, Jeremy Tiers, Jaime Hunt, Corynn Myers, Jaime Gleason, and many more. Learn more about The Enrollify Podcast Network at podcasts.enrollify.org. Our shows help higher ed marketers and admissions professionals find their next big idea — come and find yours! 

Clayton Greene is one of the co-founders of GoodKind, the makers of Advent Blocks. After his daughter confronted him one Christmas saying, "You say Christmas is all about Jesus, but it feels like it's all about presents," he knew something in their family's life needed to change. Together with friends, Clayton and his wife, Kristen, created Advent Blocks—a devotional practice to help them anticipate Jesus during the month of December, not just presents. Three years, tens of thousands of families, and several new products later, Clayton is still just as passionate about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday celebrations, all year long. For his day job, Clayton is the Summit Collaborative Director, where he supports 59 independent church plants and their leaders. The Greenes live in Durham, NC with their two daughters, Cara and Susan. Follow GoodKindCO:@goodkind.co (IG)@GoodKindCompany (FB) The GoodKind Podcast on Apple and Spotify https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-goodkind-podcast/id1626299321 https://goodkind.shop/Today's episode is all about keeping Christ at the center of Christmas! An amazing resource and practical way to make it joyful and fun for our kiddos to see the TRUE joy of Christmas! Grab a cup of coffee and come join us!Visit our WEBSITE HERESign up for our newsletter HEREFollow Us Here:@entrustedbyhim(IG) www.entrustedbyhim.comDOWNLOAD OUR NEW PRAYER EBOOK HERECREDITS:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------YOUTUBE:Music by LiQWYDFree download: www.bit.ly/morning-free-downloadINSTAGRAM:Music by @LiQWYD

We're wrapping up our sabbath season with a solo episode. Ruth is on the mic to help us discern the something we can do to start our sabbath journey. What are your invitations and resistances? What are the obstacles you face as you attempt to “return to rest?” At the end of the episode producer Colleen and the two share what their souls each want to say to God at the end of this podcast season.   In January we'll continue the conversation with a short season focused on sabbatical. We have more incredible guests and practical help for you in planning and executing a sabbatical.   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest is out now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org).   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Yesterday Today Forever from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!

As we've camped out around this idea of a “sabbath community” the last few weeks, we've explored the possibility and very real struggles of what that kind of commitment to sabbath looks like for pastors. This week we're speaking with a pastor whose community is living out that practice in a variety of ways. In Ruth's conversation with pastor Rich Villodas, he speaks about the power of a community oriented around sabbath and the ideas his church members are exploring as they try to make rest available to all, and not just the privileged few.    Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large, multiracial church in Elmhurst, Queens, whose congregants represent more than seventy-five countries. He is also a key speaker for Emotionally Healthy Discipleship—a movement that has touched hundreds of thousands of people. His award-winning book, The Deeply Formed Life, was released in September 2020; followed by his second book, Good and Beautiful and Kind, in July 2022. He and his wife, Rosie, have two beautiful children and reside in NYC.   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest is out now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org).   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Led By the Spirit from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!

Today's conversation is an honest and vulnerable one about the challenges of leading communities in the ways of the sabbath. Ruth sits down with Christine Lee who leads a busy church in New York City. Christine shares her own journey of practicing sabbath herself and the struggles she sees to “lead a sabbath community.” She also speaks tenderly about the fear that is stirred when she considers letting things lie dormant in service to making space for her congregation to experience the sabbath.   Christine Lee is the Priest-in-Charge of St. Peter's Chelsea, an Episcopal Church in New York City. She is married to Jimmy, her husband of 19 years, and they became pandemic dog parents to their rescue puppy, Baxter. She served as Vicar of All Angels' Church before coming to St. Peter's in October 2019 with a team as part of a church revitalization effort in the Diocese of New York.    Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest is out now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org).   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Dusk from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!

Over the next few episodes we are turning our attention from a leader's personal sabbath practice towards how they can form and shape their communities around sabbath. We'll be talking to a number of pastors and leaders about their efforts and challenges in leading others in the practice.   Today Ruth sits down with Jeanne and Jarrett Stevens. As co-pastors of a busy church in Chicago, the Stevens have been saved by rhythms of work and rest. Ruth talks with Jeanne and Jarrett about their own practices of sabbath, the ways they've tried to incorporate these rhythms in their church, and the challenges and opportunities presented in this as we emerge from COVID. They also pose the question, what would it look like as a leader to leave a legacy of sabbath keeping in their community?   Jarrett & Jeanne Stevens founded and have served as co-lead pastors of Soul City Church in Chicago, IL for the past 11 years. They have both authored several books. Jarrett wrote “The Deity Formerly Known as God,” “Four Small Words”, and his latest release, “Praying Through.” Jeanne has authored many devotionals, “Everyday Brave,” “Grit & Grace,” and “You are Enough.” She is a contributing author to “Twelve Women of the Bible” and “Real Women, Real Faith.” She has a new book released in May of 2022 called “What's Here Now?” They are both passionate about helping people wake up to the transforming love of Jesus and experience soul-level change in every area of their lives.  Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest is out now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org).   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Yesterday, Today, Forever from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!

This week Mike and Sarah talk with Clayton Greene about his company GoodKind and their seasonal resource, Advent Blocks. Advent Blocks is a Scripture based interactive kit for families to celebrate and grow together during the advent season. The kit includes 25 blocks along with a book for the family to read together while they work through the program daily. Clayton is the director of the Summit Collaborative and a co-founder of GoodKind, the maker of Advent Blocks. Clayton is trained as a physical therapist and practiced outpatient orthopedics for 5 years prior to moving to Wilmington, NC where he was the executive pastor of the Bridge Church. Clayton is married to Kristen and they have two daughters, Cara and Susan. 

In this episode we continue discussing how each season or stage of life presents its own challenges and opportunities with regard to sabbath keeping. Today we're joined by two guests, Phaedra Blocker and Vicki Degner.   In the first half Phaedra and Ruth talk about sabbath keeping in seasons of singleness. Phaedra shares the ways in which the church can often fail to support single people in the practice, and what she does to make the day feel special and set apart. She also shares her own perspective on the notion that the sabbath is a privileged concept.   Then we hear from Vicki, who shares about her experience with sabbath during seasons of intense caregiving. Vicki has an adult son with special needs as well as two aging parents and she and Ruth discuss very practical ways in which they still strive to keep sabbath during this difficult season.   Rev. Dr. Phaedra D. Blocker is a preacher, teacher, singer, spiritual director, and consultant. Founder and principal of Word & Wisdom, she is dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations to move toward wholeness and actualize their potential as agents of change and shalom in the world. She serves as Director of the Center for Community Care, Formation & Vitality at Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University and is Affiliate Professor in Leadership & Formation.    Vicki Denger is trained and certified through Christos Center for Spiritual Formation as a spiritual director, and has been practicing for 18 years. She serves the Transforming Center as the Coordinator of Spiritual Direction Ministries and also on the TC board. She is married to Gerry, has two adult children, and two grandchildren that are the light of her life.   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest comes out on October 11, 2022. It is out now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org).   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Reflection from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!   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!

As we continue to discuss the idea of a sabbath practice and the very practical ways one can incorporate it into one's life, we want to acknowledge that each season or stage of life presents its own challenges and opportunities with regard to sabbath keeping. In the next two episodes we're going to speak with a variety of guests in different seasons of life about their own sabbath practices.   This week we're joined by Kyle and Charity McClure, Ruth's eldest daughter and son-in-law. Kyle and Charity are parents to three school-aged children and began carving out a sabbath practice when their kids were all very small. In this conversation they share how they reframed their posture towards the day in a season where life at home was anything but restful, how sabbath has shaped what they look for in a church and the ways in which it allows them to give their kids a different kind of presence on that day. Plus, they ask Ruth some tough questions about how she gave her own children the space to fall in love with sabbath on their own. Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest comes out on October 11, 2022. You can preorder now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org). If you buy it directly from our publisher, Intervarsity Press, you can get it before October 11th! If you pre-order the book be sure to sign up to attend our Release Day Virtual Celebration!   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Led by the Spirit from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!  This week's installment will be available to everyone, regardless of whether or not they are a patron. 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!

We're here this week to talk about the elephant in the sabbath room… technology. Ruth and guest, Tiffany Shlain, talk all about how our technology impacts our ability to truly rest, why a “tech Shabbat” has been a lifeline for Tiffany, and the nitty gritty details of how Tiffany goes completely screen-free (and we mean completely) for 24 hours each week. We also hear from one of the founders of our sponsor, Good Kind, Chris Pappalardo, about the Sabbath Boxes they created to help people really unplug on the sabbath.   Tiffany Shlain is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, filmmaker, and public speaker. Her work explores the relationship between humanity and technology; the future of work, digital wellbeing and happiness; gender and women's rights; and neuroscience and creativity. ​Honored by Newsweek as one of the "Women Shaping the 21st Century," Tiffany is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and author of the national bestselling book 24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection.   Chris Pappalardo is editor at The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. He is the author and co-founder of GoodKind, an organization that cultivates practices that draw people to God and to one another. He is married to Jenn and is the proud dad of Lottie, who wants to save the planet, and Teddy, who wants you to read him another book.   Mentioned in this episode:  24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection by Tiffany Shlain GoodKind Sabbath Boxes   Win a GoodKind Sabbath Box! Share the show on social media or with a friend to be eligible!  If you share on social media and tag us, you will be immediately entered to win. If you share via text or email, simply screenshot the conversation and email it to podcast@transformingcenter.org for an entry into the giveaway. You have from September 27- October 4 to submit your entry and be eligible. The winner will be notified via email on October 5, 2022.   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest comes out on October 11, 2022. You can preorder now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org). If you buy it directly from our publisher, Intervarsity Press, you can get it before October 11th! If you pre-order the book be sure to sign up to attend our Release Day Virtual Celebration!   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Reflection from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!   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!

Our guest this week is Rabbi Evan Moffic, a rabbi leading a congregation in the Chicago suburbs who also teaches and writes about the Jewishness of Jesus. He and Ruth discuss the importance of the sabbath and its roots in the Jewish faith, the communal aspect of the practice, and how the activities we engage in on the sabbath can shape our “sabbath character.”   (A note- the audio quality for this episode is not what we usually like to have, but we felt the content of the episode was more than worth it and too important to leave out.)   Rabbi Moffic is a Rabbi sharing Jewish wisdom, stories, and inspiration with people of all faiths. A graduate of Stanford University, Rabbi Moffic leads a congregation in the Chicago suburbs and teaches across the world.    Mentioned in this episode:  What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Jewishness of Jesus by Rabbi Evan Moffic   Win a copy of Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest! Leave a review of the Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Screenshot your review and email it to podcast@transformingcenter.org for an entry into the giveaway. You have from September 20-27 to submit your entry and be eligible. The winner will be notified via email on September 28, 2022. (Need help knowing how to leave a podcast review? This article will help!)   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest comes out on October 11, 2022. You can preorder now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org). If you buy it directly from our publisher, Intervarsity Press, you can get it before October 11th! If you pre-order the book be sure to sign up to attend our Release Day Virtual Celebration!   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Dusk from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!

We had so much goodness in our conversations around the idea of sabbath as resistance that we decided to release them as separate episodes. In this episode, Ruth and guest Cole Arthur Riley continue the discussion with a conversation around whether or not sabbath is just for the privileged few. Cole shares how she experiences rest in honor of her ancestors who were not allowed to do so, and the two discuss the tender places sabbath can take us.   Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the author of the NYT bestseller, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Guernica, and The Washington Post. Cole is also the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body. Mentioned in this episode:  This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley Beloved by Toni Morrison   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest comes out on October 11, 2022. You can preorder now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org). If you buy it directly from our publisher, Intervarsity Press, you can get it before October 11th! If you pre-order the book be sure to sign up to attend our Release Day Virtual Celebration!   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Tender Moment from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!

We continue to celebrate the launch of Ruth's newest book, Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again. This week, Ruth sits down with pastor and poet Drew Jackson to discuss the idea of sabbath as resistance. Ruth and Drew discuss how the practice of sabbath itself can be a critique of a culture that does not value human beings, and the ways sabbath has helped them to in turn resist that culture. And, of course, because of their shared love of poetry, both Ruth and Drew share poems that bring language to the beautiful gift that is sabbath.    Drew E. Jackson is a poet and pastor. He is the author of God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming and the forthcoming collection Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way. His work has appeared in Oneing, Made for Pax, The Journal from the Centre for Public Christianity, Fathom Magazine, and other publications.   Mentioned in this episode:  God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming by Drew Jackson Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way by Drew Jackson A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997 by Wendell Berry This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems by Wendell Berry A Small Porch: Sabbath Poems 2014 and 2015 by Wendell Berry   Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest comes out on October 11, 2022. You can preorder now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org). If you buy it directly from our publisher, Intervarsity Press, you can get it before October 11th! If you pre-order the book be sure to sign up to attend our Release Day Virtual Celebration!   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Grace and Peace from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!

We're back! This season we are celebrating the launch of Ruth's newest book, Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again. Ruth has invited a number of friends to come on the show to discuss the themes found in her book. These episodes are for pastors and leaders who are tired and longing for new rhythms of rest and work.   This week, Ruth has invited her friend, Pastor Rick McCall. Ruth and Rick discuss why creating a regular Sabbath practice can be so difficult; why Ruth is unabashedly addressing church leaders in her book; how Sabbath can be transformational, and more.    Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest comes out on October 11, 2022. You can preorder now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org). If you buy it directly from our publisher, Intervarsity Press, you can get it before October 11th!   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Chasing Butterflies from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     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!