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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
January 11, 2025
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
January 11, 2025
11 02 Grandeur Of God

God’s Grandeur

Sometimes it takes something as bright and sudden and startling as a poem to make us stop in our tracks in renewed wonder at the living God and his marvelous creation.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins
January 11, 2025
11 10 Created To Love

We Are Created to Love

How can we be made perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect? Only by learning the complete way to love that is the fulfillment of holiness.
Chris Webb
Chris Webb
January 11, 2025
11 28 Bro Prayer

Healing Laughter: Bill Vaswig’s Ministry of Prayer

Nathan Foster shares some reflections on how Bill Vaswig’s healing prayer ministry changed his life.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster
January 11, 2025
11 30 Royal Touch 1

The Royal Touch, Part One

Once upon a time, it was thought that the touch of an earthly king had miraculous powers of healing. Here, James Catford reflects upon Bill Vaswig’s life’s ministry of healing prayer and calls us who are the “royal priesthood” of the King of Kings to share in Christ’s marvelous works of restoration.
James Catford
James Catford
January 11, 2025
12 02 Royal Touch 2

The Royal Touch, Part Two

In this conclusion to his reflections on Bill Vaswig and healing prayer, James Catford takes us into the heart of the matter: what does this ministry look like when practiced by the “royal priesthood” of the great Healer himself? And how do we approach the use of this spiritual gift?
James Catford
James Catford
January 11, 2025
12 07 Tyranny Things

The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing

For anyone who is a little weary of the “tyranny of things” in life, we invite you to come and experience anew the peace of crowning God alone in your heart. A.W. Tozer explores the blessedness of possessing nothing.
A.W. Tozer
A.W. Tozer
January 11, 2025
12 2 Catching The Vision

Catching the Vision

We are sharing some recently made-available resources from the Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible. This excerpt looks at how we can begin to wrap our minds around the richness of a with-God life.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
January 11, 2025
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In Memoriam: People We Lost in 2016

A look back at loved ones in the Renovaré family to whom we said goodbye in 2016.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
January 11, 2025