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Jesus Riding Donkey

Pauses For Lent: Taking a Stand

How do we follow in the footsteps of Christ to confront anything out of kilter with God’s kingdom—in ourselves and in our world? Trevor Hudson points us to Christ’s triumphal entry in this Lenten reflection.
Trevor Hudson
Trevor Hudson
Featured March 8, 2024 (Original Jan 2015 )
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Becoming Like Jesus: Sacramental Life

Author and priest Chris Webb invites us to remember that nothing which happens after the creation of the cosmos once causes God to revoke his blessing on the material universe: it is “very good.”
Chris Webb
Chris Webb
Featured March 8, 2024 (Original Dec 2009 )
Dunn See Yourself

How You See Yourself Matters

Selections from Renovaré’s From the Inside Out Journal help you to reflect on how you see yourself, who God has created you to be, and how the process of change takes time and patient cooperation.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
Featured March 1, 2024 (Original Jan 2024 )
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On Grace, Transformation, and Holding Our Tongues

In this short excerpt from an interview, Dallas Willard explains how “saved by grace” can be misunderstood to mean “no participation or change necessary.” And, on the other hand, spiritual transformation can be misunderstood as a program of self-improvement.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
Featured March 1, 2024 (Original May 1993 )
Wyeth Roots

Deep-Rooted in Christ: A Conversation Between Richard Foster and Chris Webb

Listen in on a conversation between Richard Foster and Chris Webb as they discuss Joshua Choonmin Kang’s book Deep-Rooted in Christ: The Way of Transformation.
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Richard J. Foster & Chris Webb
Featured February 29, 2024 (Original Jan 2008 )
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Prophets and Poets

Luci Shaw believes poets, especially poets of faith, should cultivate the gift of perception and awareness in order to help illuminate invisible realities.
Luci Shaw
Luci Shaw
Featured February 23, 2024 (Original Oct 2018 )
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Silence, Temperance, and Awe

L’Engle beckons us into a deeper appreciation for God’s renewing work on our spirits — “We separate ourselves, but you rebind/ In Dayspring all our fragments; body, mind...”
Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle
Featured February 23, 2024 (Original Dec 2024 )
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Lent Is Good for Us

“In a world that celebrates indulging our whims whenever we want, to practice the traditions of Lent is countercultural,” writes Tsh Oxenreider in this excerpt from Bitter and Sweet: A Journey into Easter.
Tsh Oxenreider
Tsh Oxenreider
Featured February 16, 2024 (Original Feb 2022 )
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Fasting: A Practical Guide

“Fasting is a way to lay down an appetite”— an appetite of the body, mind, or spirit. Adele Calhoun offers practical advice on the discipline of fasting as a way to surrender our desires to God for his reordering.
Adele Calhoun
Adele Calhoun
Featured February 16, 2024 (Original Oct 2005 )
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The Death and the Dance

Kai Nilsen explains that Lenten practice is on the rise in a variety of denominations that are “awakening to the beauty of ritual and the recurring rhythms of the church that embed the life of God deeply within our souls.”
Kai Nilsen
Kai Nilsen
Featured February 16, 2024 (Original Dec 2024 )