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An Introduction and Invitation to the Renovaré Covenant

A November 2002 Heart to Heart newsletter where Richard Foster talks about the Renovaré Covenant and its importance to our ongoing life of discipleship.

Richard J. Foster

Featured November 26, 2021 (Original Nov 2002 )

The Quiet Power of a Transformed Life

Richard Foster gives us a glimpse of John Woolman, a life shaped by scripture and attuned to the divine promptings of the Spirit.

Richard J. Foster & Kathryn Helmers

Featured November 16, 2021 (Original May 2010 )

Strength and Meekness

Originally published in Christianity Today, this piece by Carolyn Arends unpacks the curious virtue of “meekness,” and the related heart-attitudes of submission and trust.

Carolyn Arends

Featured November 16, 2021 (Original Feb 2010 )

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Pursuing Holy Obedience

From his enduring classic, A Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly offers four steps or guidelines to help us “commit our lives in unreserved obedience to Him.”

Thomas R. Kelly

Featured November 16, 2021 (Original Jan 1941 )

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Walking as He Walked

Journals by 18th century Quaker activist John Woolman are a most encouraging testimony that humans can walk in lockstep with Jesus and experience the “quietude” of utter dependence on God.

John Woolman

Featured November 16, 2021 (Original Jan 1774 )

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Renewing Our Most Basic Commitment

Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson present a counter-cultural call for pastors to honor their basic commitment as Christians over and above professional religious duties, and to embrace an identity as “unnecessary” to unhealthy demands of culture, ego, and congregational ambitions.

Eugene H. Peterson & Marva Dawn

Featured November 8, 2021 (Original Nov 1999 )

How Can Churches and Ministries Recover Their Founding Vision?

Dallas Willard offers wise counsel to help us avoid letting service to Christ usurp love of Christ.

Dallas Willard

Featured November 8, 2021 (Original Nov 2024 )

Why Leaves are Loudest Just Before They Die

Hannah Anderson searches out the spiritual and theological truths woven deep within the autumnal glories of the Virginia mountains.

Hannah Anderson

Featured November 5, 2021 (Original Feb 2021 )

To See Clearly

Writer Annie Dillard looks at the mysterious natural environment at Tinker Creek and records her insights into this physical, yet extraordinarily spiritual, world.

Annie Dillard

Featured November 5, 2021 (Original Mar 2015 )

Waiting, Stillness, and Abundant Life

“Waiting is right at the heart of Christian spirituality.” Richard Foster penned this essay on the confluence of waiting, stillness, and abundance in Christian life in a vintage Heart to Heart letter.