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How Gratitude Breaks the Chains of Resentment

A profound and always timely piece from Henri Nouwen on the power and necessity of gratitude.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Henri J. M. Nouwen
November 23, 2024
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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
November 23, 2024
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The New Testament Picture of Discipleship

In Jesus’ day, a disciple would be with his rabbi constantly—“hearing, observing and imitating” him until the student would begin to take on the qualities of the master. Dallas Willard shows how Jesus’ disciples embraced this model and we can consider the implications for our lives today.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
November 23, 2024
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Matter Matters

“Maybe our bodies aren’t the cars that drive our souls to the altar,” proposes Carolyn Arends. “Maybe they are an integral part of what we lay on the altar, and are up for healing and holiness with the rest of us.”
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024
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Hiding What They Seek

Recalling a personal story, Carolyn Arends ponders whether our attempts to be “seeker friendly” inadvertently conceal Jesus.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024
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What’s So Good About Good Friday?

Renovaré Director of Education Carolyn Arends reflects on the reasons we should not attempt to avoid the piercing, painful goodness of Good Friday.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024

In Scripture We Find Christ
Chris Webb
Chris Webb
November 23, 2024
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Seeing the Bible Afresh

Is it time to see Scripture with new eyes? For anyone “starving at the spiritual feast,” Richard Foster offers a paradigm for Bible study called the Immanuel Principle—God with us.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster & Kathryn Helmers
November 23, 2024
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Carbonated Holiness

From giggles to guffaws and from splitting one’s sides to being in stitches, there is nothing quite like a good laugh for all the right reasons to release us into self-forgetfulness and worshipful joy. Carolyn Arends explains why laughter is serious business.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024
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Knowing God Means More Than Describing Him

“For all my love of language,” writes Carolyn Arends in this column from Christianity Today, “I’ve been troubled by a growing sense that I need to pay more attention to wordless things.”
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024