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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Worship

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to worship.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
December 20, 2019
Featured Advent 3 La Tour

When Plans Get Interrupted

God radically rearranged Joseph’s planned future with Mary. Rather than resist, Joseph believed and obeyed. Miriam Dixon and Margaret Campbell help us gain a fresh perspective on the often overlooked sacrifices of the famous carpenter.
Miriam Dixon Margaret Campbell
Miriam Dixon & Margaret Campbell
December 16, 2019
Elderly Couple Holding Hands

Light Enough to Live By

“We are incarnating vessels,” says Jean Nevills. “It isn’t if we will incarnate but what.” In her parents, married over seventy years, Jean gives us an example of what it looks like to incarnate the light of Christ.
Jean Nevills
Jean Nevills
December 16, 2019
12 09 Christmas Presence

Unwrapping Christmas Presence

Richella Parham shares from the heart about how to choose simplicity in the middle of the Christmas season whirlwind.
Richella Parham
Richella Parham
December 13, 2019
Featured Advent 2 Filippo Lippi Annunciation

Mary’s Choice

From the Renovaré resource Meditations on the Birth of Jesus, Miriam Dixon and Margaret Campbell invite us to ponder Mary’s choice of how to receive God’s word to her through Gabriel.
Miriam Dixon Margaret Campbell
Miriam Dixon & Margaret Campbell
December 9, 2019
Road Further Up

Bible and Borderlands: Journeying Deeper Into the Kingdom

“There’s a vast number of Christians,” says Renovaré Board Chair-elect James Catford, “who live their entire lives on the border of the Kingdom.​​” In this essay, James helps us see the Bible as a companion that helps us move our whole self further into the Kingdom of God.
James Catford
James Catford
December 2, 2019
Featured Advent One De La Tour

The Longing of God to Be Connected to You

Written for the first week of Advent as part of the Renovaré resource Meditations on the Birth of Jesus, Miriam Dixon and Margaret Campbell engage our imaginations to help us hear God’s invitation into restored relationship.
Miriam Dixon Margaret Campbell
Miriam Dixon & Margaret Campbell
December 1, 2019
James Catford Featured

Announcing James Catford as New Renovaré Board Chair

Long-time board member and friend James Catford will be the new board chair for Renovaré USA.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
November 25, 2019
Open Hand Reaching

The First Thing Necessary for Salvation

In a piece that helps us reexamine what evangelism means, Watchman Nee writes, “We are not required—in the first place—to believe, or to repent… we are required only to approach the Lord with an honest heart.”
Watchman Nee
Watchman Nee
November 22, 2019
Two Giraffes Comparison

Why is Comparison the Thief of Joy?

“By its very nature, comparison separates us from other people rather than connecting us to them.” Richella Parham uncovers the truth about this joy-stealing habit and points us toward freedom.
Richella Parham
Richella Parham
November 11, 2019