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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
Potter Hands

Becom­ing Like Christ

For Chris­tians, heav­en is not the goal. The goal is for Christ to be formed in us. Richard Fos­ter shows how that form­ing hap­pens through expe­ri­en­tial, for­mal, and instru­men­tal means.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 12, 2020
Girl Aquarium

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
January 8, 2020
Ri Chicago Still 1

The Rise of Edu­ca­tion­al Spir­i­tu­al For­ma­tion Communities

Edu­ca­tion­al spir­i­tu­al for­ma­tion com­mu­ni­ties have sprout­ed up around the world. Nathan Fos­ter unpacks their gifts and challenges.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster
January 8, 2020
Praying Hands

Hints for How to Pray

Richard Fos­ter com­ments: ​“When I read [But­trick], I want to pray. Many authors help me under­stand prayer; few help me prac­tice it.” These prac­ti­cal sug­ges­tions from the great preach­er George But­trick help us enter into prayer as friend­ship with God.
George Buttrick
George Buttrick
January 2, 2020
Bible And Notebook On Table

How Do We Make Space for Retreat?

In this excerpt from her intro­duc­tion to Wilder­ness Time, Emi­lie Grif­fin chal­lenges our resis­tance to spend­ing inten­tion­al time with God and argues for the indis­pens­abil­i­ty of retreat in our spir­i­tu­al lives.
Emilie Griffin
Emilie Griffin
January 1, 2020
Jesus Hands Open

How Did Jesus Pray? (A One-Week Devotional)

From The Reser­voir, these dai­ly devo­tion­als dive into the Con­tem­pla­tive Stream: The Prayer-filled Life.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
January 1, 2020