Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton
Week 9: Review & Reflection — Looking Back, Looking Forward
No new reading this week. Review your notes, journal entries, and any reflections from the previous eight weeks.
Previewing Week 9 of Sacred Rhythms
Read 3 of 8 discussion questions below. Unlock the complete 9-week guide when you’re ready.
This final week is an opportunity to integrate everything you have encountered — to notice what has shifted, what still needs attention, and what you are carrying forward into the rest of your life.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Looking back across the seven disciplines Barton explores — solitude, Scripture, prayer, honoring the body, self-examination, discernment, and a rule of life — which one opened something in you that you did not expect? What made it surprising?
2.Which discipline did you find most difficult or most threatening? Do you think that resistance is telling you something important — perhaps pointing toward an area of particular need?
3.Barton's overarching thesis is that transformation is not something we accomplish but something we cooperate with — by creating conditions for God to work. Has your understanding of what spiritual growth actually is changed over the course of this study? How would you describe the change?