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Avoiding the Present
“But we want a man hag-ridden by the Future ... We want a whole race perpetually in pursuit of the rainbow’s end, never honest, nor kind, nor happy
now
.” In this piece, we walk the path of the time-full life and consider, with help from C.S. Lewis, how gratitude and love can ground us in eternity.
C.S. Lewis
Featured August 1, 2024
(Original Sep 2024 )
Encountering Christ in All of Scripture
A Word-Centered Life, evangelical in the very best sense of that word, is one deeply grounded in Scripture. Chris Webb shares how we encounter Christ in the Bible.
Chris Webb
Featured July 26, 2024
(Original Sep 2011 )
Reading the Bible with the Mind and the Heart
“God not only originated the Bible through human authorship; he remains with it always. It is God’s book. No one owns it but God himself. It is the loving heart of God made visible and plain. And receiving this message of exquisite love is the great privilege of all who long for life with God.”
Renovaré Team
Featured July 26, 2024
(Original Mar 2005 )
The Jogging Monk and the Exegesis of the Heart
James Bryan Smith tells the story of how he came to read Scripture by “listening to the text, reflecting on it, asking not merely what it means, but what it is asking of me, what it is asking me to hear.”
James Bryan Smith
Featured July 26, 2024
(Original Jul 1991 )
Modern Media and Tech—Blessing or Curse?
“What we as a species now face in terms of access to entertainment, communication, and information is completely unprecedented in the whole of human existence.” In this foreword to
Everyday Sabbath
, Nathan Foster ponders the role of technology and media in our lives.
Nathan Foster
Featured July 18, 2024
(Original Aug 2021 )
Practicing the Presence of Christ
Trevor Hudson explains classical practices for growing our awareness of God’s presence “wherever we are and in whatever we are doing.”
Trevor Hudson
Featured July 18, 2024
(Original Nov 2010 )
A Holy Inactivity
Could
inactivity
, in the company of the Good Shepherd, be holy? Brother Lawrence takes us into the practice of the presence of God with this excerpt from his writings.
Brother Lawrence
July 11, 2024
Learning To Trust The Slow Work Of God
Carolyn Arends reminds us that spiritual formation is a slow process by design. “Let’s not mistake God’s patience for inactivity.”
Carolyn Arends
Featured July 11, 2024
(Original Sep 2020 )
Dallas Willard on Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle
“This book and this author,” Dallas Willard says in regard to Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle, “immediately announced themselves as a unique presence of God in my life.”
Dallas Willard
Featured July 11, 2024
(Original Dec 2003 )
A People, Transforming
Mimi Dixon writes about the swelling influence of
Celebration of Discipline
: “Individuals from every race and nation and tongue and stratum of society were joining hearts and hands and minds and voices in a shared commitment to go deep in their life with God.”
Miriam Dixon
Featured June 28, 2024
(Original May 2024 )
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