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How to “Keep Watch”
Jan Johnson invites us to reflect on what it means to “keep watch” for Christ, like the wise ones in Jesus’ Parable of the Ten Women.
Jan Johnson
November 1, 2024
Off to Work We Go
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard...” From
The Scandal of the Kingdom
, read Dallas Willard’s teaching on the Vineyard Workers.
Dallas Willard
Featured November 1, 2024
(Original Jan 2025 )
Loving Those We Don’t Like
In an excerpt from her autobiography, Thérèse of Lisieux tells about the small acts of kindness that helped her learn to get along with a particularly annoying nun in her fellowship. Little but valiant steps toward self-mastery and love.
Thérèse of Lisieux
Featured October 25, 2024
(Original Jan 2025 )
The Ministry of Holding One’s Tongue
Not cut-and-dried rules, but only the ever-perfect filter of Love can help us discern when to speak and when to hold our tongues as we share life together with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Featured October 11, 2024
(Original Jan 1939 )
The Human Body and Spiritual Growth
Probably the least understood aspect of progress in Christlikeness is the role of the body in the spiritual life. Dallas Willard illuminates the connection.
Dallas Willard
Featured October 11, 2024
(Original Jan 2025 )
Prayers for Times of Calamity
When we have no words, short written prayers can help us bring our heartache to God. From David Taylor’s
Prayers for the Pilgrimage: A Book of Collects for All of Life
we share “Against Raging Hurricane Storms” and other prayers for times of calamity, hurt, and exhaustion.
W. David O. Taylor
Featured October 4, 2024
(Original Jun 2024 )
On Suffering: An Interview with James Bryan Smith and Bill Vaswig
In this 2005 interview, Renovaré team member James Bryan Smith and William Vaswig (now deceased) described their experiences of suffering, disappointment, and spiritual growth.
Renovaré Team & James Bryan Smith & Bill Vaswig
Featured October 4, 2024
(Original Apr 2005 )
Who Am I?
In this moving poem, Dietrich Bonhoeffer seeks to know himself as God’s beloved in the midst of his imprisonment.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Featured October 4, 2024
(Original Jan 2025 )
Wide Awake to God’s Presence
Brother Lawrence’s approach to life was uncomplicated yet profound: “I have walked before God in simple faith, with humility and with love, and I apply myself diligently to do nothing and think nothing which might displease him.”
Brother Lawrence
Featured October 1, 2024
(Original Jan 2025 )
Building a Bridge between Protestants and Catholics
Trevor Hudson writes about how the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius provide an opportunity for Catholics and Protestants of all stripes to find “common ground” by listening to each other’s experiences of prayer.
Trevor Hudson
Featured September 27, 2024
(Original Sep 2022 )
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