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Manger And Cross

Christmas Agony and Joy

For Christmas, Brian Morykon invites us to shake off any platitudes we may carry surrounding the concept of joy and enter instead into a sacramental space where agony can walk side-by-side with joy but never overcome it.
Brian Morykon
Brian Morykon
January 11, 2025
Woman Worshiping

To Worship is to Touch Life

Richard Foster joins us once again to share some thoughts on the immediacy of the spiritual discipline of worship in the with-God life—that sense that we at last are experiencing Reality.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 11, 2025
Cloud Over Mountains

Timeless Wisdom from an Anonymous 14th Century Author

“If you wish to keep growing you must nourish in your heart the lively longing for God.” Explore wisdom from the anonymous author of the 14th-century classic, The Cloud of Unknowing.
The Unknown Author
January 11, 2025
Lilias Trotter Painting 1

Lilias Trotter: Contemplative, Artist, Missionary

She was one of the greatest artists the world has never known, one who had a new way of seeing the world. Lilias Trotter turned down an offer to become a legendary painter, choosing instead to follow God’s call to Africa.
Miriam Dixon
Miriam Dixon
January 11, 2025
Fortress

The Battle to Read Deeply

We think that Philip Yancey is right—we need a “fortress of habits” to support a reading life. The Renovaré Book Club was created to help build it.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
January 11, 2025
James Catford Featured

Announcing James Catford as New Renovaré Board Chair

Long-time board member and friend James Catford will be the new board chair for Renovaré USA.
Christopher A. Hall
Christopher A. Hall
January 11, 2025
Road Further Up

Bible and Borderlands: Journeying Deeper Into the Kingdom

“There’s a vast number of Christians,” says Renovaré Board Chair-elect James Catford, “who live their entire lives on the border of the Kingdom.​​” In this essay, James helps us see the Bible as a companion that helps us move our whole self further into the Kingdom of God.
James Catford
James Catford
January 11, 2025
Worship

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Worship

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to worship.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
January 11, 2025
Asian man praying

Improving Our Conscious Contact with God

Trevor Hudson, a nonalcoholic, has found great help in AA’s Twelve Steps. Here he unpacks the Eleventh Step: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God... praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out.
Trevor Hudson
Trevor Hudson
January 11, 2025
Roof hole

A Magnificent Act of Mercy

In Mark’s Gospel, four men dug a hole in a roof to help their friend. “Their childlike trust in Jesus’ power to heal their paralyzed friend ravished Jesus’ tender heart.” Asking for mercy, Fil Anderson points out, requires humility.
Fil Anderson
Fil Anderson
January 11, 2025