Main Message

Ruth Hayley Barton’s book, Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, is not just about leadership. It is about personal transformation. And about how the crucible of leadership can help forge such a transformation. It also shows how we can connect that inner work to our leadership in the public arena. It is a book about how we can lead from that place of transforming encounter in the presence of God. It is not, though, a book of general, sentimental or inspirational encouragement to stay close to God as leaders. It explores, in penetrating depth, how we can lead from the soul. This means being willing to let God deal with the dark side of our leadership – our brokenness and our ego. It involves a commitment to keep seeking God through the classic spiritual disciplines, especially through silence and solitude. And it includes a willingness to be changed. The author explores these and other issues through key moments in the life of Moses. This extraordinary leader, and friend of God, learned to lead not from striving, or even from strategy, but from divine encounter. And from allowing God to transform and strengthen his soul.