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Child With Red Block

The Lan­guage of Play and Projection

In this excerpt from her book, Spir­i­tu­al Con­ver­sa­tions with Chil­dren, Lacy Finn Bor­go helps us lis­ten to chil­dren and dis­cov­er play and pro­jec­tion as tools for know­ing God and know­ing self.
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
March 31, 2020
Stones Stacked

Remem­ber­ing God’s Pro­vi­sion: A Response to the Coro­n­avirus Crisis

As we unex­pect­ed­ly tran­si­tion into the volatile and uncer­tain envi­ron­ment of the coro­n­avirus, how can we nav­i­gate it well through the guid­ance and empow­er­ment of the Holy Spir­it? Ren­o­varé Pres­i­dent Chris Hall address­es that ques­tion in this let­ter to the Ren­o­varé community.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
March 20, 2020
Shoe Stepping In Water

The Sur­pris­ing Pow­er of the Holy Spirit

Ear­ly in his faith jour­ney, Chris Hall was taught that many of the gifts of the Spir­it had ceased. Grad­u­al­ly a new open­ness to the Holy Spir­it devel­oped and he decid­ed to dip his toe into the charis­mat­ic stream. Here’s what happened.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
March 15, 2020
Elk Under Trees

Walk­ing in the Pow­er of God

Quak­er founder George Fox wrote over three thou­sand let­ters, most­ly to groups. These ten­der, prac­ti­cal let­ters dis­play a full range of pas­toral con­cern. These selec­tions pro­vide a glimpse into Fox’s lov­ing call to con­fi­dent and com­plete Chris­t­ian living.
George Fox
George Fox
March 10, 2020
Cross On Hill In Mountains

A Place to Stand

Learn the his­to­ry of the Ren­o­varé Covenant, espe­cial­ly the the­ol­o­gy and thought poured into every word, in this essay from Richard Foster.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
March 8, 2020
07 28 Cooperating Spirit

Coop­er­at­ing with the Move­ment of the Spir­it in the Life of a Child

Lacy Finn Bor­go explores the excit­ing realm of spir­i­tu­al for­ma­tion in chil­dren. Here she looks at how adults can coop­er­ate with the work the Holy Spir­it is already doing in chil­dren’s lives to draw them deep­er into the good­ness, beau­ty, and truth of the with-God life.
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
March 8, 2020
03 21 Holy Spirit Has History

The Holy Spir­it Has a History

Many have believed that God went silent for hun­dreds of years after the 1st cen­tu­ry. Not so. With the help of his men­tor, Tom Oden, Chris Hall learned to trace God’s hand through­out history.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
March 4, 2020
Black Woman Looking Up

The Most Impor­tant Thing About You

From Life With­out Lack, Dal­las Willard invites us to think cor­rect­ly about two fun­da­men­tal things: minds and people.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
March 2, 2020
Jesus Washing Feet Etching

Becom­ing Like Jesus: Vir­tu­ous Life

“Jesus shows us how to embrace a life that is abun­dant and full, a life of integri­ty and whole­ness, a life sur­ren­dered to love,” writes Chris Webb. ​“This is the way of holi­ness; Christ invites you to walk in it.”
Chris Webb
Chris Webb
February 27, 2020
Hands With Ash

I Was an Ash Wednes­day Rookie

Ren­o­varé Direc­tor of Edu­ca­tion Car­olyn Arends shares how the litur­gi­cal ser­vice enriched her non-litur­gi­cal faith.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
February 25, 2020