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Now is the Dwelling Place of God Himself

Thomas Kelly describes glorious plateaus of communion and perspective when we become aware of the immediacy of God’s presence beyond the framework of time.
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Thomas R. Kelly
Featured October 17, 2022 (Original Jan 1941 )
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Not for Spectators

Richard Foster has argued that the eternal life Christ offers is only available to participants, not spectators or observers. Our Director of Education, Carolyn Arends, grapples with some of the implications.
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Carolyn Arends
Featured October 10, 2022 (Original Aug 2016 )
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Revival, Renewal, Awakening

Richard Foster’s May 1995 Heart to Heart newsletter identifies “early signs” of a great new movement of the Holy Spirit, and explains how we can potentially hinder or cooperate with the work of God in our day.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured October 10, 2022 (Original May 1995 )
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Engagement of the Heart

Great Awakening revivalist preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards encourages us to lean into interactive, whole-hearted discipleship.
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Jonathan Edwards
Featured October 10, 2022 (Original Dec 1989 )
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Summer’s Exodus

“In the letting go, the unclenching of hands, there is freedom.” With tender honesty, Melanie Gillgrist shares spiritual lessons from a summer of rest and the return to fall’s rhythms.
October 3, 2022
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Being More Pedestrian

Is there a “lost” spiritual discipline from Christianity’s earliest days? Mark Buchanan suggests walking is a fundamental physical activity to support life with God. He reflects on the value of walking as a spiritual practice in his own life and in the lives of Christ and his first followers.
Mark Buchanan
Mark Buchanan
Featured October 3, 2022 (Original May 2019 )
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Habits of Body and Mind for Renovating the Heart

Richard Foster draws on Dallas Willard’s teaching about how we can use our bodies and minds to yield ourselves to God’s transforming work.
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Richard J. Foster
Featured October 3, 2022 (Original Oct 2002 )
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What is Fortitude?

What is the virtue of fortitude? What can we learn from those who display it? How can we develop this trait? Richard Foster helps answer these questions.
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Richard J. Foster
Featured September 27, 2022 (Original Jul 2001 )
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Bring Anger under the Yoke of Reason

We live in an angry world, but the 4th century writings of Ambrose of Milan remind us that this is not a new thing at all. St. Ambrose explores the age-old question of how to set aside wrath and indignation when we experience anger.
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Aurelius Ambrosius
Featured September 27, 2022 (Original Dec 2024 )
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On Love and Nonviolence

When his home was bombed in 1956 with his wife and young child inside, King chose to “confront the problem with love.” Spiritual discipline is needed to cultivate restraint and stay committed to non-violence.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Featured September 26, 2022 (Original Dec 2024 )