Transforming Center

Transforming Center Strengthening the souls of pastors, Christian leaders, and the congregations and organizations they serve. A ministry founded by Ruth Haley Barton.

The Transforming Center desires to see churches and Christian organizations become communities of spiritual transformation—and that begins with transforming leaders. Thus we seek to strengthen the souls of pastors and leaders, equipping them to guide their churches and organizations to become spiritually transforming communities that discern and do the will of God.

🎙️New Episode🎙️This week Ruth is joined by TC Alum Jake Partridge for a conversation on mental health. Jake shares his s...
06/18/2026

🎙️New Episode🎙️This week Ruth is joined by TC Alum Jake Partridge for a conversation on mental health. Jake shares his story of three major depressive episodes and ongoing anxiety, describing depression as prolonged, reality-coloring despair, isolation, languishing, and a loud inner critic, and anxiety as obsessive, control-seeking mental overdrive. Together they discuss biopsychosocial-spiritual integration, the role of medication in “raising a baseline,” and the influence of transitions and attachment insecurity on faith. Jake describes learning to “rest the mind,” make peace with God’s love, and meet Emmanuel in weakness, offering encouragement to seek help at the pace of grace and cultivate compassionate, appropriately bounded community.

Many Christian leaders have a well-formed theology of what they believe about God. But far less clarity about a theology...
02/19/2026

Many Christian leaders have a well-formed theology of what they believe about God. But far less clarity about a theology of spiritual formation—how those beliefs actually shape the way we live and lead together.

When transformation remains peripheral, so does renewal.

This spring, Theology That Shapes the Soul, led by Ruth Haley Barton, offers a six-week experience designed to ground leadership and mission in the biblical and theological foundations of spiritual transformation.

Designed for teams (minimum of two participants).

Get the details here: https://transformingcenter.ticketspice.com/transforming-center-theology-that-shapes-the-soul

12/11/2025

🎙️New Episode!🎙️This week, ​​Ruth and Marilyn discuss the concept of Blue Christmas services that acknowledge grief during the festive season and offer consolation to those experiencing loss. The episode also delves into the idea of dormancy, likening spiritual dormancy to the natural world’s winter phase, where growth happens unseen. The conversation highlights the importance of creating space for mourning, acknowledging our vulnerabilities, and the need for faith and guidance during these seasons of grief and apparent inertness.

12/04/2025

New podcast season! This year we are marking Advent with special guest Marilyn McEntyre () to discuss the themes in her book Midwinter Light: Meditations for the long season.

In this first episode, Ruth and Marilyn discuss the importance of recognizing and responding to the invitation for inward focus during this time and the subsequent freedom it can bring. We conclude with practical suggestions for embracing the quiet and contemplative aspects of the season and posing the following questions for reflection:  How are you perceiving or sensing the invitation inward?  As you sense or perceive that invitation, do you feel yourself resisting, or are you willing? And finally, do you have any sense at all of what you might be invited to freedom from and freedom to?

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400 W. ROOSEVELT Road, SUITE 100
Wheaton, IL
60187

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Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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