Waiting on the Lord Involves ... Waiting
If it seems as though we post a lot about waiting here at Renovaré, that’s because it is a discipline that resonates with us—and we think with the world at large—in our “haste, hurry, and hustle.” Richard Foster introduces us to the idea of living a life that’s “time-full” instead.
Featured July 12, 2022 (Original Apr 2003 )
Living Well
In this vintage letter, Richard Foster writes that those who have learned to live well “easily and freely ‘esteem others better than themselves’ (Phil. 2:3)... They have learned the life-giving power of building one another up, and they do so without hesitation.”
Featured June 27, 2022 (Original Oct 2006 )
The Highest Form of Prayer
Once in a time of prayer, Julian heard the words, “I am the foundation of your praying”—words that greatly influenced her spiritual life. Because God grounds us in a good desire for his fellowship, Julian says, “We may ask from our Lover to have all of him that we desire.”
Featured June 19, 2022 (Original Dec 1992 )
Ready, Set . . . Wait?
Receiving the ongoing guidance and power of the Holy Spirit requires regular times of prayer and study, worship and silence. Richard Foster explains how Christian people today need our own version of “the Jerusalem wait” that preceded Pentecost.
Featured June 13, 2022 (Original Feb 1972 )
By the Help of the Almighty
Educator, painter, and abolitionist Sarah Mapps Douglass delivered this speech to encourage hearers to take on the cause of the slave as their own. She speaks “from blessed, heart-cheering experience” of inspiring, empowering reliance upon God.
Featured June 13, 2022 (Original Jul 1832 )