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HOW TO PRAY (PETE GREIG)

FACILITATED BY THE AUTHOR

PREP WEEK RESOURCES:

Download: Introduction to How to Pray by Pete Greig

Download: Reading Schedule for How to Pray

Visit: The Prayer Course (and especially be sure to check out the Toolshed section)

Watch: Carolyn Arends, Pete Greig, and Lisa Koons have a conversation about integrating prayer and action in this Renovaré webinar: Don't Just Do Something—Pray!

WEEK ONE RESOURCES:

Download: Article One - The God Who Passes By (by Pete Greig)

Download: How to Pray Study Guide

Visit: The Prayer Course (and especially be sure to check out the Toolshed section)

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter One

1. How to Pray the Lord's Prayer

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Two

2. How to Have Quiet Time
3. How to Pray the Examen

WEEK TWO RESOURCES:

Listen: First Book Club-exclusive Podcast with Pete Greig:

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Listen: Be Still by Carolyn Arends (website link)

Download: Be Still Lyrics

Visit: The Prayer Course (and especially be sure to check out the Toolshed section)

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Three

4. Breath Prayer

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Four

5. How to Pray the Psalms
6. How to Practice Christian Meditation
7. How to Pray Creatively
8. How to Practice the Presence of God

WEEK THREE RESOURCES:

View or Download: Pete's Second Book Club Article - The Three Groans

View or Download: Carolyn Arends's Article - Listen to the Groans (Renovaré Article Link)

Listen: Trevor Hudson's Podcast Sermon on Romans 8 - "Listen to the Groans" (Renovaré Podcast link)

Learn More: Caravaggio's "Supper at Emmaus" (Wikipedia Link)

Visit: The Prayer Course (and especially be sure to check out the Toolshed section)

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Five
9. Palms Up, Palms Down
10. How to Maintain a Prayer List
11. How to Pray the Promises of God

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Six
12. How to Run a Non-Boring Prayer Meeting
13. How to Intercede for a Large-Scale Crisis
14. A Circle Prayer

WEEK FOUR RESOURCES:

Listen: Second Book Club-exclusive Podcast with Pete Greig

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Listen: "The Last Word" by Carolyn Arends (Website Link)

Visit: The Prayer Course (and especially be sure to check out the Toolshed section)

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Seven
15. The Prayer of Relinquishment
16. How to Lament

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Eight
17. Silent Prayer
18. How to Take a One-Day Retreat
19. How to Undertake a Pilgrimage

WEEK FIVE RESOURCES:

Download: Pete's final Book Club article - "Resting in the Goodness of God"

Bonus Download: Walter Wangerin Whole Prayer Excerpt - "What Should We Do When We Can't Forgive?"

Visit: The Prayer Course (and especially be sure to check out the Toolshed section)

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Nine
20. How to Speak in Tongues
21. How to Do the Lectio Divina
22. How to Journal
23. How to Turn Parenting into Prayer

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Ten
24. How to Pray the Jesus Prayer
25. How to Confess Sin
26. Identificational Repentance

WEEK SIX RESOURCES:

Watch/Listen:

Author Pete Greig joins our Director of Education Carolyn Arends for a Book Club-exclusive webinar where he answers member-submitted questions.

AUDIO ONLY:

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Listen: Full Version of "Standing in the Need of Prayer" - the song used in this webinar (arranged and performed by Carolyn Arends)

Visit: Lectio 365 Website (prayer app mentioned in Webinar)

Bonus Article: "Satan's a Goner" by Carolyn Arends

Visit: The Prayer Course (and especially be sure to check out the Toolshed section)

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Eleven
27. Warfare Prayer
28. How to Fast
29. How to Prayer Walk

Download: Prayer Tools for Chapter Twelve
30. How to Run a 24-7 Prayer Room

JESUS AND THE DISINHERITED (HOWARD THURMAN)

FACILITATED BY WALTER E. FLUKER

PREP WEEK RESOURCES:

📄 Download: An Introduction to Jesus and the Disinherited by Rev. Dr. Walter Fluker

📄 Download: Howard Thurman Chronology

📺 View: Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story (links to PBS site)

WEEK ONE RESOURCES:

📄 Download: Dr. Fluker's first Book Club article: Listening for the Voice of God: A Personal Reflection on Howard Thurman

🕯 Bonus: “Let Us Light Candles: Matthew 25 and the work of Advent” - a devotional based upon Thurman's poetry (link to presbyterianmission.org)

📚 Recommended Reading: The Mood of Christmas and Other Celebrations by Howard Thurman (collection of poetry, meditations, and short reflections on the season - Amazon link)

🎁 Advent Gift from Carolyn: Enjoy this free musical Advent calendar (starts December 1). (link)

WEEK TWO RESOURCES:

🎧 Listen: Dr. Fluker joins Carolyn for the first Book Club-exclusive podcast:

PC Users: To download this audio file, right-click on https://s3.amazonaws.com/renovareassets/podcasts/bookclub-2020-thurman-1.mp3 and choose "Save Link As" to save the file.

🖥 Watch: If you'd like to see the video of this conversation, please click HERE. (Quick caveat: because this was edited for the audio version and not as a video version, it is a bit choppy in transitions, etc. We still think it's a lot of fun! Enjoy!)

📄 Download: Jesus and the Disinherited Focus Questions

WEEK THREE RESOURCES:

📄 Download: Dr. Fluker's second Book Club article: How Howard Thurman met Gandhi and Brought Nonviolence to the Civil Rights Movement

🖥 Watch: Michael Jr. Video: A Personal Encounter with the Police (YouTube Link)

🎁 From Carolyn: "Do Not Be Afraid" (YouTube Link)

WEEK FOUR RESOURCES:

🎧 Listen: Stream or download Carolyn's second Book Club conversation with Dr. Walter Fluker:

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📺 Or, Watch the Podcast:

📚 Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

10 Rules to Get Home Safe (YouTube Link)
Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance (Williams) (Amazon Link)
The Growing Edge (Thurman) (Amazon Link)

WEEK FIVE RESOURCES:

📄 View or Download: Dr. Fluker's third and final Book Club article: “Howard Thurman's ‘Tools of the Spirit”

📺 Watch: Carolyn's new lyric video for "Maladjusted"

WEEK SIX RESOURCES:

🖥 Enjoy our Readers' Questions Webinar with the Rev. Dr. Walter Fluker (hosted by Carolyn Arends).

🎧 Or Stream/Download the Audio-Only Version (for those of you on the run—🏃🏻‍♀️ 🚗)

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RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE WEBINAR:

📕 Moral Struggle and the Prophets (Walking with God: The Howard Thurman Sermon Series) edited by Peter Eisenstadt and Walter E. Fluker

📘 The Search for Common Ground by Howard Thurman - addresses unrest of the 1960s

🎧 Howard Thurman’s Eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr.

📗 “America in Search of a Soul” (January 20, 1976 University of the Redlands, Robbins Lecture Series) in A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman edited by Walter E. Fluker, Catherine Tumber, and Martin E. Marty.

🎥 Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story - Documentary Movie

📙 Against the Hounds of Hell by Peter Eisenstadt - New Thurman Biography

📕 Anchored in the Current edited by Gregory C. Ellison - Collection of Essays

📚 The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman 5-Volume Series - edited by Walter E. Fluker

🎧 “(I’ve Been Running for Jesus a Long Time and) I’m Not Tired Yet” with the Mississippi Mass Choir

📚 From Jon Michael Spencer:

Protest and Praise
Re-Searching Black Music

PRAYER IN THE NIGHT (TISH HARRISON WARREN)

FACILITATED BY THE AUTHOR

PREP WEEK RESOURCES:

Download: Prayer in the Night: An Introduction by Tish Harrison Warren

Listen: The recent Renovaré Podcast episode with Nathan Foster and Tish Harrison Warren

WEEK ONE RESOURCES:

📄 Download: Tish's first Book Club exclusive article - On Our Way Home

📕 Download: Week One Reading Assignment - Author's Note through Chapter 2 (pp. 1-33)

🎧 Listen: "Not Alone" by Carolyn Arends (links to external site)

WEEK TWO RESOURCES:

🎧 Listen: Tish joins Carolyn for the first Book Club-exclusive podcast:

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FURTHER RESOURCES (MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST):

📄 Download: Prayer for Spiritual Communion - ACNA

🔗 "Stoicism Isn't Spiritual" by Carolyn Arends - relevant to the "grief" discussion

🎶 "To Cry For You" by Carolyn Arends - relevant to the "grief" discussion

🔗 "Worship Con Queso" by Carolyn Arends - Tish mentions related to the "comfort" discussion

📕 Therefore I Have Hope by Cameron Cole - book Tish mentions relating to stages of grief

🎬 Inside Out - film Tish mentions relating to full range of emotions (IMDb link))

📘 Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch - book Tish Mentions relating to vulnerability and power

🖼 Strong and Weak Quadrant Diagram:

🔗 "Carbonated Holiness: Laughter is Serious Business" by Carolyn Arends - related to the conversation about laughter

📗 Signs Amid the Rubble by Lesslie Newbigin - book Tish quotes in the Work chapter

🎶 "Your Labor is Not in Vain" by Porter's Gate Worship Project (feat. Paul Zach & Madison Cunningham) - song Tish mentions in the "work" discussion

WEEK THREE RESOURCES:

📄 Download: Tish's Second Book Club-Exclusive Article — "Thoughts, Prayers, and Action"

BONUS RESOURCES:

"Angels Around Your Bed" by Bob Bennett (YouTube Link - and Embedded Below)

"Memento Mori" by Carolyn Arends (External Link - and Embedded Below)

WEEK FOUR RESOURCES:

🎧 Listen: Tish's Second Book Club-Exclusive Podcast with Carolyn Arends

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🎉 BONUS RESOURCES:

Books Mentioned in the Podcast:

The Shattered Lantern by Ronald Rolheiser
Darkness is My Only Companion by Kathryn Greene-McCreight

And A Song to Go with our Conversation about Birthing and Dying:

We've Been Waiting For You by Carolyn Arends

Anglican Liturgies on Birth and Dying:

Liturgy 27 - Thanksgiving for Birth or Adoption of a Child
Liturgy 33 - Ministry to the Dying
Find more downloadable prayers and liturgies from the Anglican Church of North America HERE

WEEK FIVE RESOURCES:

📄 Download: Tish's Third Book Club-Exclusive Article: A Liturgy Audit

📺 BONUS RESOURCE: Gloria and Ben Kwashi: A Night of Terror

(Content Advisory: Description of Sexual Assault)

WEEK SIX RESOURCES:

📺 Readers' Questions Webinar with Tish Harrison Warren

🎧 Audio-Only Version:

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RESOURCES MENTIONED IN WEBCAST:

🎵 “Not Alone” by Carolyn Arends (song)

📕 From Douglas McKelvey: Liturgy Resources

📘 LIT: A Memoir by Mary Karr

🔗 Tishharrisonwarren.com - Compline Services from Books of Common Prayer

https://tishharrisonwarren.com/prayer-in-the-night

📚 Phyllis Tickle Divine Office Books

📗 You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith
📙 Champagne for the Soul by Mike Mason

✍️ Link to Journaling Practice Tish Mentioned

BONUS RESOURCES:

"Show the Way" by David Wilcox (YouTube Link - and embedded below)

"The Last Word" by Carolyn Arends (Bandcamp link - and embedded below)

"The Speed of Light" by Julie Miller (YouTube link - and embedded below)

A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND HOLY LIFE (WILLIAM LAW)

FACILITATED BY JAMES CATFORD

PREP WEEK RESOURCES:

📄 An Introduction to A Serious Call by James Catford

🗓 2020-21 Book Club Season - Complete Schedule

📕 A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life - Foreword and Preface (PDF)

🎧 Renovaré Podcast: James Catford joins Nathan Foster to discuss A Serious Call to a Beautiful Life (link)

WEEK ONE RESOURCES:

📄 Article One: "Living Incarnationally in All Four Spaces" by James Catford

🙏 Bonus: "All Things Together for Good" - An Examen Based Upon Romans 8

🎧 Bonus: "Nothing Can Separate" by Carolyn Arends (Links to External Site)

WEEK TWO RESOURCES:

🎧 Podcast One: Carolyn Arends and James Catford

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📄 Bonus: "A Blockhead Can Never Do Well Enough for a Parson" by James Catford

📄 Bonus: "Our 'Holy Sins'" by Carolyn Arends (links to Renovaré website)

🎧 Bonus: "Getting Ready for Glory" by Carolyn Arends (links to external website)

WEEK THREE RESOURCES:

📄 Read: James's second Book Club article: Getting Our Faith "Unstuck"

📄 Bonus: "A Serious Call to the Marketplace" by James Catford

📺 Bonus: "Fat Little Baby" by Amy Grant (YouTube Link + Embedded Below)

📸 Bonus: Catford Collage: James has shared some family photos with our Club - Click on the collage below to see the full-sized photos of James and Sue Catford at Parish Church of All Saints and St James, King’s Cliffe, Near Stamford, England—The place of worship and eventual burial site for William Law.

WEEK FOUR RESOURCES:

🎧 Podcast One: Carolyn Arends and James Catford

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Podcast Timestamps (by Chapter):

01:00 - Chapter 9
12:03 - Chapter 10
17:00 - Chapter 11
28:05 - Chapter 12
32:05 - Chapter 13
35:42 - Chapter 14
41:45 - Chapter 15
47:53 - Chapter 16

📄 Bonus: "A Personal Liturgy for Morning Prayer" by James Catford

WEEK FIVE RESOURCES:

📄 Read: Article 3 - "Culminating Themes and Universal Love" by James Catford

WEEK SIX RESOURCES:

Readers' Questions Webcast with James Catford.

Audio-Only Version