Dead to Distraction

Could it be that our difficulty in focusing comes not only from the technological toys forever at our fingertips but also from a sort of spiritual unrest? Carolyn Arends explores this theme.

Carolyn Arends

Featured May 12, 2023 (Original Dec 2016 )

Facing the Fear of Solitude

Solitude strikes right at the root of our fear of becoming unimportant, unneeded, insignificant, useless— which is precisely why we need it. Richard Foster helps us learn how to resign as CEO of the universe.

Richard J. Foster

Featured May 12, 2023 (Original Mar 1997 )

Abuse, Anger & Healing Prayer

“The Lord told me that he would provide me with the grace to forgive my father.” Donn Thomas shares how God healed him of hurt and anger.

Donn Charles Thomas

Featured May 5, 2023 (Original Jan 1994 )

A Huge Wave of Glory

Chris Hall looks at God as the source of all glory and goodness and offers “a summons to celebrate, to adore, to trust, to bow.”

Christopher A. Hall

Featured May 4, 2023 (Original Dec 2024 )

Honest Joy, Honest Sorrow

From his book Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide for Life, David Taylor shares how the Psalms give us permission to honestly express the full range of the human emotion.

David Taylor

Featured April 28, 2023 (Original Mar 2020 )

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Truly Believing the Twenty-Third Psalm

Dallas Willard writes that “far too few have experienced in their own lives the vivid reality” of the Twenty-Third Psalm. Here he explains how we can step into the abundance it describes.

Dallas Willard

Featured April 28, 2023 (Original Dec 2024 )

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An Open Empty Space

In this 1991 Renovaré letter Richard Foster writes, “It is time we follow our Leader’s lead.” We learn from Jesus how to carve out time and space for personal retreat where the gifts of solitude can be received.

Richard J. Foster

Featured April 21, 2023 (Original Apr 1991 )

Helping Children Come Away from Distraction to Enjoy God

By carefully crafting environments that filter out the world’s distraction, we can help children build skills for a lifetime of connection with God and attention to his “still, small voice.”

Grace Pouch

Featured April 21, 2023 (Original Dec 2024 )

The Fourth Petition

Carolyn Arends describes the many layers of Jesus’ invitation to bring our needs to God in the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer.

Carolyn Arends

Featured April 14, 2023 (Original May 2021 )

The Grandest Prayer of All

Dallas Willard explains how we can move from mere repetition to meaningful communion by using the Lord’s Prayer “to speak intelligently and lovingly to our heavenly Father.”