Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 3, 2023 Truth Because God’s goal for us isn’t a constricting conformity to a set of rules. It’s a liberating conformity into Christlikeness. God wants “adult kids in the…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 1, 2023 Doesn’t Have the Discipline Being spiritually formed in Jesus is more than gaining a skill. It is receiving a new heart. And while we are active receivers—there’s stuff we can do to…
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 29, 2022 Finding God’s Grace When Rhythms Unravel As James Catford says on the podcast, our significance must come from the acceptance of God—acceptance we didn’t earn and therefore cannot lose.
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 18, 2022 Stop Trying to Be Good Thankfully, we're not called to passivity or to a vaporous "let go and let God" (though surely there is a good deal of letting go and letting God that must be…
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 12, 2021 Drift What does help rekindle love for God is a fresh vision of God’s goodness and God’s beauty, a glimpse of God’s heart, “an open wound of love.”
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 17, 2020 A Steady Gaze at the Truth Letting yourself be loved when you feel unlovable is a crucial inward movement. It is, paradoxically, when you forget about yourself. Because in that moment…
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 11, 2019 A Clarification + A Teachable Moment A thoughtful reader emailed us and kindly expressed concerns about last week’s digest introduction, especially the subject line, “The Upgrade to Holy Spirit.”
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeGlandion Carney — Classic Talk: The House of Grace
April 18, 2022
A classic talk by Renovaré Ministry Team member and retired pastor Glandion Carney on the collection of practices that create room in his life for dwelling… -
Podcast EpisodeRichard Foster — The Ways and Means of Grace
August 9, 2021
In this talk from the 1999 Renovaré International Conference in Houston, following an entertaining introduction by James Bryan Smith, Richard Foster outlines…
Articles
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ArticleSelected Sayings on “Discretion” From The Desert Fathers Our image of the early desert Christians may be one of rigid rules and over-bearing discipline. Surprisingly, the ammas and abbas were celebrated for…
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ArticleNothing Wasted Excerpt from Philip Yancey’s Where the Light Fell An encouraging word from Philip Yancey's memoir about God's redemptive work in and through our past wounds.
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ArticleFacing Reality: The Grace of Acceptance What do you do when you find out you have Parkinson's? Glandion Carney shares his journey from denial to acceptance to grace.
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ArticlePray Like You’re Going to Die This brief selection from The Cloud of Unknowing encourages an unexpected means to deeper prayer. As you read, take heed of the author’s advice and allow…
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ArticleWhat has Cost God Much Cannot be Cheap for Us In exploring discipleship through spending time with our Master, this powerful excerpt from Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers clues. To follow Christ, to truly be…
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ArticleWhy Our God Ideas Matter *God does not want you to enjoy yourself and be happy. God is not trustworthy. God is holding out on you. God does not want you to be like him, and it isn’t…
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ArticleAn Introduction and Invitation to the Renovaré Covenant Heart to Heart November 2002 A November 2002 Heart to Heart newsletter where Richard Foster talks about the Renovaré Covenant and its importance to our ongoing life of discipleship.
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ArticleHeart to Heart May 2002 A May 2002 Heart to Heart newsletter where Roger Fredrikson talks about grace.
