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Hand Holding Glass Ball Sea

Beau­ty of Holiness

From​The Reser­voir devo­tion­al, this one-week excerpt explores true holi­ness and virtue.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
February 9, 2020
Feather And Sky

Keep­ing Our Souls Light

Poor choic­es form poor habits which lead to dull and heavy hearts. Chris Hall with help from Abba Isaac lights the way back to feath­er-like sen­si­tiv­i­ty to the Holy Spirit.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
February 9, 2020
Man Waiving White Flag

The Joy of Self-Denial

John Calvin believed healthy self-denial was essen­tial in the life of every Chris­t­ian. ​“If we want ease and tran­quil­i­ty,” he writes, ​“we should resign our­selves and all that we have to the will of God.”
John Calvin
John Calvin
February 7, 2020
2018-02-22 Jesus Wash Feet Mosaic

Self-Denial With­out Self-Hatred

“Most of us have been exposed to such a muti­lat­ed form of bib­li­cal sub­mis­sion that either we have embraced the defor­mi­ty or we have reject­ed the Dis­ci­pline alto­geth­er,” Fos­ter writes. This Cel­e­bra­tion of Dis­ci­pline excerpt explains why true sub­mis­sion has noth­ing to do with self-hatred.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
February 2, 2020
Light On Man In Forest

Heart Trans­for­ma­tion and Friend­ship with Jesus

From San­tu­ary of the Soul, Richard Fos­ter answers the ques­tion: What does heart for­ma­tion work deep in the subterra­nean cham­bers of the heart look like?
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 31, 2020
Bible Psalm 15

The Psalms: Our Prayer Mentor

When we learn to imi­tate those who mod­el a rich and deep prayer life, their thoughts will shape and become our own. In this endeav­or there is no one bet­ter to look at, Chris Hall writes, than King David.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
January 27, 2020
Scale Fairbanks

The Heart Knows Its Place

Ren­o­varé Board Chair James Cat­ford shares with us some med­i­ta­tions from Dal­las Willard’s Hear­ing God Through the Year that have touched him.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
January 26, 2020
Teresa Of Ávilas Interior Castle

A Con­ver­sa­tion with Tere­sa of Avila

Ren­o­varé Insti­tute grad­u­ate Matt Fil­er draws us into an imag­i­na­tive con­ver­sa­tion between him­self and St. Tere­sa of Avi­la on the sub­ject of prayer. This dia­logue, begun as an exer­cise to solid­i­fy Tere­sa’s teach­ings in his own mind, is an acces­si­ble tool for any­one yearn­ing to ​“hear God better.”
Matt Filer Teresa of Avila
Matt Filer & Teresa of Avila
January 23, 2020
Teresa Avila

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
Dallas Willard
January 19, 2020
Frog

Dis­cov­er­ing Contemplation

In this clas­sic piece, Bill Vaswig brings con­tem­pla­tion down to earth. It is, as Thomas Aquinas puts it, a sim­ple, unim­ped­ed, pen­e­trat­ing gaze at the truth.
Bill Vaswig
Bill Vaswig
January 12, 2020