Learning to See
Christ Webb explains how the compassionate life—for Jesus, and for us—is grounded in “genuine, direct relationships, not nebulous issues.”
Unlimited Liability: A Movement Towards Generosity
Generosity is “an act of defiance against our cultural landscape that pulses with messages of scarcity.” Lacy Borgo shares personally and profoundly about the cost of compassion.
Is Your Body Beyond Redemption?
“On the other hand, if the body is simply beyond redemption, then ordinary life is too.” Dallas Willard explores redemption’s fullest effects in this excerpt from The Great Omission.
Give Me Your Forgiveness
Nothing short of God’s power to raise the dead is needed to forgive our enemies. Read Corrie ten Boom’s description of meeting a Ravensbruck guard years after her captivity.
On the Road of Disappointment
Rev. Toni Pate explores our solidarity with the unnamed follower of Jesus who met him on the road on Easter evening.
Satan’s a Goner
Christ has overcome the world. Carolyn Arends offers a vivid reminder of this truth and the call to live with hope and purpose in this “thrashing time” of an evil that has been entirely conquered but just doesn’t know it yet.
A Liturgy for Cultivating Imagination and A Blessing for Bravery
Read two selections from Liturgies for Wholeness, hand-picked by the authors for Renovaré readers: “A Liturgy for Cultivating Imagination” and “A Blessing for Bravery.”
Longing to be Known
James Bryan Smith, reflects on the kind of intimacy that comes from having shared spiritual goals.
An Invitation to Transforming Friendship
“Telling a lonely person that God is his or her friend can sound very hollow,” writes Trevor Hudson. “It only becomes meaningful when we make the divine friendship real by modeling it in our own relationships.”
Holy Week in Jerusalem
A woman’s letter to friends is the earliest account of a Holy Land pilgrimage. Egeria’s description of the Stations of the Cross gives us a little window into early Christianity and the birth of Holy Week liturgical practice.