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09 02 Shadow Flute Man

Surprising Prayer

You are invited to experience the unexpected in prayer today with this excerpt from Emilie Griffin’s Souls in Full Sail. Come and learn how the intersection of a street musician and Bible study opened a heart to courageous prayer one Saturday afternoon at a local library.
Emilie Griffin
Emilie Griffin
November 24, 2024
09 07 Fénelon Letter

Accept Your Weakness

There is nothing quite like a letter from an old friend. This letter is from a friend and brother whom we have not yet met. But, across the years, his love is palpable and his wisdom sound. Come and savor the words of François Fénelon.
François Fénelon
François Fénelon
November 24, 2024
09 09 Secret Place

Leading Publicly From the Secret Place

How can leading worship to an empty room move a person from head-song performance to heart-song surrender? Brian Morykon knows well. He leads us into the heart of worship by sharing this original piece on renewal, authenticity, and giving yourself away.
Brian Morykon
Brian Morykon
November 24, 2024
09 16 Posture Inward Prayer

A Posture of Inward Prayer

Linda Christians leads us into the storm with this bracing consideration of Madame Jeanne Guyon--a 17th century Christian martyr and author of a respected book on prayer--and Jan Johnson’s condensed and modernized edition of Guyon’s autobiography.
Linda Christians
Linda Christians
November 24, 2024
10 05 Bank Tellers Oxford 1916

The Little Birds Who Won’t Sing

In this a piece by G.K. Chesterton he ponders why medieval trades often engaged in rousing choruses that brought community and uplift to their labor while modern professionals rarely bust forth in song. His conclusions are, of course, Chestertonian.
G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton
November 24, 2024
09 26 Storm On Galilee

Relaxing into Another Reality

In this reflection from Jan Johnson on a particular time spent doing lectio divina on Matthew 8:23-27, she invites us in several ways to imagine Jesus’ calm in the face of chaos.
Jan Johnson
Jan Johnson
November 24, 2024
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The Tarnished Image-Bearers

Chris Hall celebrates the good news of the Incarnation in this piece adapted from The Mystery of God: Theology for Knowing the Unknowable.
Christopher A. Hall
Christopher A. Hall
November 24, 2024
10 14 Brotherhood Symphony

A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood

Mimi Dixon explores the theme of the power of non-violence in effecting social change by first looking at Jesus’ example in healing the soldier’s ear on the night of his betrayal and then finishing with the timeless words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Miriam Dixon
Miriam Dixon
November 24, 2024
10 17 Non Conformity

A Life that Does Not Work

Paul warned us to avoid being “conformed to this world”—to avoid living a life that does not work. In this excerpt from Spirit of the Disciplines, Dallas Willard explains how discipleship, not conformity, brings us into the fullness of life.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
November 24, 2024
10 28 Becoming Love

Becoming Love

Renovaré’s board chair, Jon Bailey leads us into the weekend with a lovely meditation on God’s love and how it “woos and weans, draws and drives, pushes and pulls” us ever closer to Christlikeness.
Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan Bailey
November 24, 2024