How to Intercede Like Jesus

Jan Johnson’s expands on insight she gained from Oswald Chambers: “What we must avoid in intercession is praying for someone to be simply ‘patched up.’ We must pray that person through into contact with the very life of God.”

Jan Johnson

Featured August 20, 2021 (Original Apr 2018 )

The Sacrament of the Present Moment

“When will God be all in all to us?” Come and acquaint yourself with Jean-Pierre de Caussade’s thoughts on aligning ourselves with divine will by living fully with God in each present moment.

Jean-Pierre de Caussade

Featured August 20, 2021 (Original Dec 1992 )

Understanding the Means

This excerpt from the Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible unpacks how Spiritual Disciplines are the practical ways, the means, by which we grow in grace.

Renovaré Team

Featured August 13, 2021 (Original Jan 2005 )

Salvation as a Life

Richard Foster writes, “The goal of salvation is not to get us into heaven. Properly understood, heaven is not a goal at all, but a destination.” Salvation that is not only for life yet to come, but for life here and now.

Richard J. Foster

Featured August 13, 2021 (Original Sep 2004 )

Struggling with Everydayness

Tish Harrison Warren previews the themes of her book Liturgy of the Ordinary in this piece about learning to accept a “radical ordinariness” in living this Christian life.

Tish Harrison Warren

Featured August 6, 2021 (Original Mar 2017 )

We Need a Great New Vision of the Church

In this classic piece adapted from a 1985 talk, Richard encourages Quaker ministers about the need for a great new vision for the Church.

Richard J. Foster

Featured August 6, 2021 (Original May 1986 )

What Kind of Christian Leader Do I Want to Become?

Jill Weber wants to become a leader with gravitas, someone who carries spiritual weight and substance, whose soul is large enough to carry holy joy.

Jill Weber

Featured July 30, 2021 (Original Oct 2019 )

Christ in Community

“Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this.” Bonhoeffer speaks with his signature clarity and authority in this excerpt from Life Together.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Featured July 30, 2021 (Original Dec 1938 )

Empty Square Days

Margaret Campbell views the empty square space on her calendar not as an absence but as an invitation. Using a vision of Rublev’s icon as a focus, Margaret invites us to take a seat at the table with the Trinity and revel, both in conversation and silence, in the gift of fellowship and community.

Margaret Campbell

Featured July 23, 2021 (Original Nov 2024 )

Of Mice and Men and Solitude

Who would have guessed that solitude can strengthen humans and save mice? Come and explore the blessings of prolonged, intentional time away with God in retreat with this excerpt from Dallas Willard’s The Spirit of the Disciplines.

Dallas Willard