The Renewable Energy of Fruitful Work
Can work actually increase our energy in the midst of our busyness? Author Kai Nilsen explores fruitful work in this excerpt from his book, Renew Your Life: Discovering the Wellspring of God’s Energy.
The Most Significant Thing We Do on Earth
Community is a buzzword. But building and cultivating relationships with others is one of our highest callings. Spiritual formation groups provide a practical way to intentionally foster community that leads to Christlikeness.
God Cares for Us Through One Another
James Bryan Smith describes a particularly meaningful celebration of communion with a small group of fellow disciples, and the clarity it gave him about our interconnectedness in the Body of Christ.
Becoming Like Christ
For Christians, heaven is not the goal. The goal is for Christ to be formed in us. Richard Foster shows how that forming happens through experiential, formal, and instrumental means.
Conversion: A Moment, A Lifetime
This devotional classic from E. Stanley Jones is “as up-to-date as tomorrow morning.” Conversion, Jones says, is both a one-time event and the work of a lifetime, one that requires receptivity and response.
The Renovaré Covenant: Legacy and Invitation
Richella Parham, Renovaré Board and Ministry Team member, shares a little bit about the history of the Renovaré Covenant with us.
The Simplest and Most Effective Way of Mind Renewal in Christ
Dallas Willard brings us back to the basics, asserting that “the simplest and most effective way of mind renewal in Christ is memorization of Scripture: large passages of it as well as individual verses.”
Vision, Idea, and Message
What is Renovaré, exactly? And what does it mean to “train in righteousness?” In this vintage piece, Richard Foster offers some sturdy—and inspiring—definitions.
His Father is Our Father
Carolyn Arends invites us to consider three revolutionary implications of Jesus’ teaching us to address God as “Our Father.”
Catching Our Breath
Chris Hall invites us to find unhurried spaces where we can “discern the quiet, insistent voice of God calling us into his wonderful, breathtaking mystery.” Come and refresh your soul.