Books
Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 23, 2024 The Poetry of Friendship Good friendship—like good art—opens, accompanies, and challenges us. It calls our bluff and calls us up to who we’re made to be and what we’re made to do.
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 3, 2023 Less Alone Than We Think There are a surprising number of Jesus followers who value humility of heart, who want to be with God more than talk about God like God isn’t in the room, who…
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Renovaré WeeklyDecember 2, 2022 Beyond Just Me and God But if practicing spiritual disciplines or receiving spiritual direction only benefits me—if my mystical experiences increase but patience and kindness…
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 21, 2022 The Secret Life of Eugene Peterson “This is a kingdom of life we are living,” Peterson once said. “It has to do with salvation. It has to do with justice. It has to do with compassion, and you…
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 30, 2021 Prioritizing People Over Plans But there is also a healthy way to approach intentional Christian community, a way that prioritizes people above plans. Whenever I see someone doing…
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 22, 2021 Listening Spaces Safe listening spaces make it possible for someone to say what they've kept bottled up. Words spill out that often surprise the one saying them. To listen…
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 25, 2019 Loving People More Than Plans “Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even…
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 30, 2018 Deadly Sins and Their Remedies We want Christ, the eternal Flame of Love, to burn out of us any pattern of thinking or acting that keeps us from the abundant life he promised. It can be…
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 20, 2018 Self-righteous Service Versus True Service One of the things that we need to learn to do better is to bring others alongside as we serve, so they can learn with us, and then experience the freedom of…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 14, 2018 Is It Possible to Be Like Jesus? Over the years I've become better at setting boundaries with others. That's healthy and necessary—or at least it is when those boundary lines are drawn in…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeWalter Strickland II — Formed by SufferingMarch 28, 2025
Nathan talks with Walter Strickland about his new book Swing Low and the way that the African American Christian experience adds crucial wisdom to living a… -
Podcast EpisodeBrandan Spencer — Churches in RenewalNovember 15, 2024
Brandan Spencer, Renovaré’s Director of Church Engagement, talks with Nate about family life, church renewal, and Renovaré’s new initiative to help communities… -
Podcast EpisodeCarolyn Arends — Contemplative Community
January 5, 2020
Some think of the Contemplative Tradition as "me, Jesus, and a candle". Candlelit time with Jesus is beautiful, but how does that relate to community? Do… -
Podcast EpisodeCris Rogers — Prayer In ActionApril 15, 2018
"Ours is a church on mission, not a church with a mission. It's a very uncomfortable place to be consumeristic." Cris Rogers is Rector of All Hallows' Church… -
Podcast EpisodeEmily Alexander and Leslie Moore — Community Life at BruderhofOctober 2, 2016
Nathan visits a Bruderhof community in New York and talks with two of its members about what it's like to live in a Christian community that shares all its… -
Podcast EpisodeGayle Withnell — Community and Small GroupsJanuary 23, 2015
Nathan Foster talks about community and small groups with Gayle Withnell, a teacher and writer gifted in intercessory prayer.
Articles
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ArticleIn Christ Sri Lankan pastor Daniel Thrambajaya Niles reminds us that with-God life is not solitary. We enter a family of fellow believers. And in Christ, we are to…
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ArticleThe Ministry of Holding One’s Tongue Not cut-and-dried rules, but only the ever-perfect filter of Love can help us discern when to speak and when to hold our tongues as we share life together with…
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ArticleGetting Along in Community "A holy nun of our community annoyed me in all that she did"... Thérèse of Lisieux tells how God taught her to embrace a challenging woman in the fellowship.
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ArticleRejoice, Y’all Christianity isn't a solo venture. Marva Dawn explains why "we need the whole Body of the people of God."
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ArticleThe Danger of Schism John Wesley contends that disagreement should not lead to division or harsh judgment, “even if you are right.”
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ArticleIn Believing the Best Amy Carmichael shares wisdom about protecting the bonds of love when conflicts stir up unloving thoughts — a challenge for all of us as we move deeper into…
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ArticleIn Transformation "It is good to see the commonplace illumined and the glory of the common people revealed," writes Vernon Johns in this excerpt from “Transfigured Moments,” the…
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ArticleA Blueprint for Christian Community Building a Rhythm of Life Together How can we "create a context for following Christ" in our churches? Chris Webb looks at the way communities can carefully construct rhythms, values, and…
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ArticleHis Father is Our Father The radical invocation of the Lord’s Prayer Carolyn Arends invites us to consider three revolutionary implications of Jesus' teaching us to address God as "Our Father."
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ArticleMy Spirituality is Not for Me Welcome to the Clearout My spirituality is not for me, but for me to give to others. My spirituality is for you. James Bryan Smith writes about the stunning reality of God's…
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ArticleVirtual Realities Rediscovering the Gift of Being Together, While We’re Apart Carolyn Arends discovered that there are barriers to singing corporately over the internet. "Maybe," she offers, "that tells us something important."
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ArticleChrist in Community "Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this." Bonhoeffer speaks with his signature…
