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01 12 Shiny Happy People

Real Community

Community is at the heart of the Renovaré Institute experience. This excerpt from James Bryan Smith’s The Good and Beautiful God captures the flavors of this sort of community—born in faith and fellowship and nurtured by the Holy Spirit.
James Bryan Smith
James Bryan Smith
November 24, 2024
01 16 Traveling Light

Freedom From Taking Ourselves Too Seriously

Richard Foster helps us travel light by laying down the weight of our own religious solemnity.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024
01 25 Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Lock Up Ye Olde Curiosity Shop!

If your all-nighters of roister-doistery have led only to mornings of huggermuggery, then Thomas à Kempis prescribes a dose of silence and solitude. Join us today to find out how temptation and sorrow can help draw us nearer to God and how sickness and sadness give way to peace and quiet.
Thomas à Kempis
Thomas à Kempis
November 24, 2024
03 01 Hildegard Of Bingen

A Call to Reflection and Repentance

Whether starting out the Lenten season or any time of the year, spend some time with Hildegard of Bingen. This medieval abbess has some stern words for our wayward hearts, but her ending is pure charity. Come and explore her timeless call to holiness and repentance.
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen
November 24, 2024
02 22 Ora Et Labora Et Lege

Pray and Work and Read

Enter into the life of a monk with us as we take a look at the rhythm of life under the Rule of St. Benedict. Declaring that “idleness is the enemy of the soul,” the great saint walks us through the seasons of the church year and the balance of manual labor and reading that each season brings.
Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict
November 24, 2024
03 10 Kindness

Kindness Isn’t Quaint

Kindness often gets thrown in with niceness, manners and etiquette. But it’s altogether something different. Those things are of earth. Kindness is of heaven.
Brian Morykon
Brian Morykon
November 24, 2024
03 08 Day By Day

Live Day by Day

God will give us everything we need. A truth so easy to state and sometimes so hard to live. Brian Morykon shares some advice and insight from François Fénelon on “completely surrendering to God.”
François Fénelon
François Fénelon
November 24, 2024
03 20 Orphan House

Only By Prayer and Faith

In thinking of how to ask for our daily bread, may we be inspired anew by George Müller and his orphanage in Bristol, England. Never asking a single person for help, George Müller put his trust and utter dependence upon the Holy Spirit’s wonderful way of working on hearts. Here, he shares his story.
George Müller
George Müller
November 24, 2024
03 29 Lantern

He Is Our Light

As we continue our look at the nature of discipleship, D.L. Moody calls our attention to Christ’s presence as the light in our lives—we can only escape the darkness by following Jesus closely. When we abide in the light, his light shines over, within, and through us. D.L. offers encouragement.
D.L. Moody
D.L. Moody
November 24, 2024
03 31 Costly Grace

What has Cost God Much Cannot be Cheap for Us

In exploring discipleship through spending time with our Master, this powerful excerpt from Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers clues. To follow Christ, to truly be with him, is to die a death to ourselves. But, because it is with him and for him, this death is grace itself. Bonhoeffer explains.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
November 24, 2024