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Deep-Rooted in Christ

“Balance can be difficult, but it is essential to the deep-rooted life. The best example of the harmony we need is Jesus himself. In him we see perfect balance between emptiness and fullness, between relinquishing and filling.” Enjoy a taste Joshua Choonmin Kang’s book, Deep-Rooted in Christ.
Joshua Choonmin Kang
Joshua Choonmin Kang
January 10, 2025
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Families as Small Monastic Communities

Today parents and church leaders are lamenting the fact that children who have been raised with the foundation and knowledge of our faith are leaving it. [One] solution lies in the advice of St. Jerome and John Chrysostom who wrote about this in the 3rd century.
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
January 10, 2025
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Meeting on Mountains

In this Transfiguration Sunday piece, Renovaré’s Director of Education Carolyn Arends draws us into a creative reimagining of the reunion of friends on Mount Tabor.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
January 10, 2025
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The Silent Beach, the Bowl of Stars

This week’s guest editor, Renovaré Board and Ministry Team member Mimi Dixon, invites us to share in the wonder and rhythm of relationships and the “ebb and flow” of all cycles in this excerpt from Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s A Gift from the Sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
January 10, 2025
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Worship con Queso

Director of Education Carolyn Arends shares how a truly magnificent chile con queso can move her to worship and muses, along with C.S. Lewis, that “every earthly pleasure is an apprenticeship in adoration for the sort of thing that will go on forever in heaven.”
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
January 10, 2025
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The Bible Just Left the Building

This week’s guest editor (and Renovaré Board member) James Catford ushers us into the weekend with a thoughtful piece on Scripture’s endangered status as center of knowledge in too many churches, why we should have confidence in our holy texts, and how we can engage with the Bible in ordinary life.
James Catford
James Catford
January 10, 2025
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Discovering a World Packed with God

Renovaré board and ministry team member Margaret Campbell shares both family memories and some observations by Frank Laubach (Letters by a Modern Mystic) that have taught her to be open to and aware of “a world jam-packed with God.”
Margaret Campbell
Margaret Campbell
January 10, 2025
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O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing

We invite you to enjoy a favorite hymn: Charles Wesley’s O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing. As we read his journey through the many verses (perhaps even singing along), we too can remember “all that the Lord has done for us.”
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley
January 10, 2025
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“To Do His Will in All Things”

Come and be introduced to (or reacquainted with) Rebecca Jackson, a Black freewoman of the 19th Century who became a Shaker eldress and mission founder. This excerpt from her autobiography paints in vivid colors her rich prayer life and desire for right relationship with God and man.
Rebecca Jackson
Rebecca Jackson
January 10, 2025
05 20 God Ideas

Why Our God Ideas Matter

God does not want you to enjoy yourself and be happy. God is not trustworthy. God is holding out on you. God does not want you to be like him, and it isn’t possible anyway. If these are among your ideas about God, Elane O’Rourke would like to offer you a mental re-set in this grace-filled article.
Elane O'Rourke
Elane O'Rourke
January 10, 2025