Weekly Newsletters
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeSpiritual Scorekeeping, Finding Real Friends, and Avoiding Content OverwhelmFebruary 20, 2026
Kicking off the relaunch of Friends In Formation, James, Richella—and new host Tiana Spencer—discuss three listener questions: how to stop measuring your… -
Podcast EpisodeMargaret Campbell — The Long GameMay 30, 2024
Deep relationships take time. Renovaré board and ministry team member Margaret Campbell shares with Nate what she's learned through the years about the slow… -
Podcast EpisodeJoe Davis and Nick Page — Disagreeing and Staying FriendsMay 24, 2024
Joe Davis and Nick Page have been friends for over 30 years and co-host The Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast. They share with Nate about disagreement as a productive… -
Podcast EpisodeAdri-Marie van Heerden — Learning to Look AgainMay 2, 2024
South African Spiritual Director Adri-Marie van Heerden talks with Nate about making friends cross-culturally, the need for humility, and learning to see… -
Podcast EpisodeThe Liturgy of Friendship — Elizabeth Moore and Audrey ElledgeApril 4, 2024
Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore, authors of Liturgies for Wholeness, join Nate to talk about the formational power of liturgy and friendship. -
Podcast EpisodeSharon Garlough Brown — The Gift of Companionship on the Journey
May 2, 2022
Author and Spiritual Director Sharon Garlough Brown speaks about using the medium of fiction to connect readers to the God who grieves and suffers with us and… -
Podcast EpisodeTrevor Hudson — Friendship with GodSeptember 11, 2016
Trevor Hudson is an author and speaker who teaches at the Renovaré Institute and internationally on spiritual formation. He joins Nathan to talk about life in…
Articles
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ArticleLearning to See Christ Webb explains how the compassionate life—for Jesus, and for us—is grounded in "genuine, direct relationships, not nebulous issues."
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ArticlePerfection is Friendship with God The life with God has limitless potential for growth. How then can we speak of "perfection"? Saint Gregory of Nyssa, the 4th century bishop, explores the…
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ArticleHumility in Action Here is a study in the virtue of humility as expressed in the life of Paul's spiritual son, Timothy, and examined in his personality profile in the pages of…
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ArticleAn Invitation to Transforming Friendship "Telling a lonely person that God is his or her friend can sound very hollow," writes Trevor Hudson. "It only becomes meaningful when we make the divine…
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ArticleHeart to Heart June 2000 A June 2000 Heart to Heart newsletter where Richard Foster talks about the idols of our day: the Idol of Personal Autonomy, the Idol of Pleasure, and the Idol…
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ArticleEmulating Francis and Clare Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 7 No. 1 Richard Foster remembers the sweet friendship of St. Francis and St. Clare—both of Assisi. They have so much to teach us today about living life fully in the…
