Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 12, 2024 Spiral Stairway Last night I began reading Philippians to my soon-to-be-eleven-year-old son. He stopped me. “Shouldn’t I get my workbook to fill in the answers?”A…
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Renovaré WeeklyJune 21, 2024 Content Acquisition Syndrome Content is essential for spiritual growth. But it’s a tool. For Christians, life isn’t in the content or even in the spiritual practices but in the Spirit who…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeTina Dyer and Grace Pouch — The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
March 10, 2023
Tina Dyer and Grace Pouch talk with Nathan Foster about the brilliance of Sojourner Truth and how her story has impacted their lives. Tina and Grace will lead… -
Podcast EpisodeView of God · Reading habits · When to pray for healing
August 30, 2022
In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Richella, James, and Nate answer listener questions about wrestling with unhealthy views of God, habits that… -
Podcast EpisodeBONUS — Book Club Preview + How We Choose BooksSeptember 2, 2018
Listen in as Director of Education Carolyn Arends and President Chris Hall discuss how we choose Book Club books, why it's important to read substantive books… -
Podcast EpisodeJustine Olawsky — Renovaré Institute, Latin & G.K. ChestertonSeptember 4, 2016
Justine Olawsky is the voice you'll hear if you call Renovaré. In this episode Nathan helps us get to know her. Along the way we learn a bit about the Renovaré… -
Podcast EpisodeCarolyn Arends — The Spiritual Practice of ReadingAugust 28, 2016
Nathan talks with Carolyn Arends, Renovaré Director of Education, about how books shape us, different modes of reading, and the upcoming Renovaré Book Club.
Articles
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ArticleA Different Way to Read Letting a text touch your heart might mean slowing down or trying one of these techniques used by monks long ago. Chris Hall shares wisdom about the best ways…
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ArticleExploring Heaven excerpt from The Great Divorce From the imagination of C.S. Lewis—this snippet from The Great Divorce describes an encounter between a citizen of heaven and one of the ghosts who is…
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ArticleThe Rich Mullins Book Bootcamp Carolyn Arends welcomes us to a new year of the Renovaré book club by reflecting on her friendship with Rich Mullins, who turned his favorite books into a rite…
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ArticleTaking Sin — and Grace — Seriously Seasons of disruption and challenge can reveal disheartening cracks in our personalities. They can also become an invitation to reset our direction or…
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ArticleHow Significant Books Become Good Friends A 1983 article in which Richard Foster recalls the books that were faithful guides on his "pilgrimage of mind and soul."
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ArticleCultivating an Habitual Vision of Greatness Heart to Heart November 1996 A November 1996 Heart to Heart newsletter “Words matter. Ideas matter.” Richard Foster’s observation that “our reading and our writing is gravitating to the…
