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Glory

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
Christopher A. Hall
Featured May 4, 2023 (Original Nov 2024 )
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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
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
Dallas Willard
Featured April 28, 2023 (Original Nov 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
Richard J. Foster
Featured April 21, 2023 (Original Apr 1991 )
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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
Grace Pouch
Featured April 21, 2023 (Original Nov 2024 )
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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
Carolyn Arends
Featured April 14, 2023 (Original May 2021 )
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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.”
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
Featured April 14, 2023 (Original Mar 1998 )
Jesus Prays

Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Knowing how to pray is not automatic, but we have a Good Teacher. Andrew Murray’s 1885 book invites readers to “permanently enroll our names in that school, which He always keeps open”—the school of prayer.
Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray
Featured April 14, 2023 (Original Jan 1885 )
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He Himself is Our Peace

Katie Majors explores the question: “How do we actually experience peace without just glossing over struggle and hardship with Christian platitudes?”
Katie Davis Majors
Katie Davis Majors
Featured March 31, 2023 (Original Mar 2023 )
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What is the Curriculum for Christlikeness?

We are not told precisely how to become like Jesus. Yet if we observe the life and teaching of Jesus, we can see that there is a way. In this excerpt from The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas unpacks some of what that training in Christlikeness involves.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
Featured March 24, 2023 (Original Mar 1998 )