Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 10, 2025 Pastoral Pace and Presence Healthy leadership flows from a tended soul—rooted in prayer, presence, and humility—where impact comes not from ambition or achievement, but from being deeply…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 11, 2023 Calmed + Quieted Following Jesus isn’t anti-intellectual. It’s supra-intellectual. It includes and transcends the intellect. We are to seek wisdom with vigor while remembering…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 14, 2023 From Rote to Revelatory Overcoming familiarity blindness takes intention. It takes humility; we must admit there is more to see than we’ve seen before. It takes slowing down; we must…
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Renovaré WeeklyDecember 9, 2022 The Humble Soul Knows Its Worth Humility is to see things as they are. It isn’t to think of oneself as a worthless worm who God reluctantly redeemed. It is to fix our heart on God’s…
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Renovaré WeeklyJune 17, 2022 Active Waiting God’s instruction to wait isn't to test us or because God isn't ready to give us good things. God is eternally ready to bless. The waiting is for our sake: to…
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 15, 2021 Order, Disorder, Reorder Many seasoned Christians have been on a three-part faith journey. Construction, deconstruction, reconstruction.
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 16, 2021 When a Leader’s Soul Is Uncared For But eventually there are things one simply can’t push through, as anyone who’s slammed into the brick wall of human limitation will tell you. In reality, true…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 19, 2021 Hurry Is Greed Because hurry demands that a desired future be brought into the present at a faster rate than God intends. It puts productivity above people. Stated plainly…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 7, 2020 Gratitude Gratitude is simple, but requires intention and effort. It’s amazing how jotting down a few “thankfuls” can purify the air of our interior atmosphere.…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 24, 2020 Stress and Formation Sometimes under stress we return to old habits of thought and action. Jesus always wants better for us—sometimes better than we want for ourselves. He's…
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 14, 2020 No Time For That While our exterior lives may be worlds apart, our interior needs are the same. We are all God’s image-bearers. We all have soul-chasms only God can fill. We…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeAndrew Ranucci — Refreshed Church LeadersMarch 26, 2017
Andrew Ranucci, pastor of Coast Community church in Australia, talks with Nathan Foster about his intentional use of retreats for the soul health of his church… -
Podcast EpisodeJan Johnson — Soul Care and Abundant SimplicityJanuary 10, 2016
Heart to Heart reboots as the Renovaré Podcast, now released every Monday. This week Nathan Foster chats with author and speaker Jan Johnson about Abundant…
Articles
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ArticleWhat Your Soul Needs An excerpt from James Bryan Smith's newest book takes a look at how God restores the human soul.
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ArticleMaking Companionship With God a Priority at All Costs Excerpt from Soul Care in African American Practice In this excerpt from Soul Care in African American Practice, Barbara Peacock calls out patterns of busyness that threaten our intimacy with God. She…
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ArticleLoving Yourself for God’s Sake When you cannot believe in yourself, or forgive yourself for what you have done, God can. Adolfo Quezada gives counsel on steps we can take to tap into God's…
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ArticleSelfish Care, Self-Care, and Soul Care — What’s the Difference? Tending to Ourselves and Our Souls Part of the discipline of submission is recognizing our limitations and caring for our souls. Nathan Foster says soul care is when "we simply place ourselves…
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ArticleResponse-ability Why contemplation is not just for contemplatives Carolyn Arends writes how her experiences as a young mom and musician helped her listen for God’s invitations to tweak spiritual practices. The adage is…
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ArticleDead to Distraction Could it be that our difficulty in focusing comes not only from the technological toys forever at our fingertips but also from a sort of spiritual unrest?…
