Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 12, 2024 An invitation, not a threat So how do we love God with all our soul, mind, and strength? How do we open the heart’s door again and again to be with Jesus? Not by force, but by making room.
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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 WeeklyMay 26, 2023 God Wishes to Be Enjoyed Jesus’ desire for humans to do what he says is utterly pure—untainted by greed, lack, manipulation, or insecurity. When Jesus wants us to be with him and obey…
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 10, 2023 Attachment to God There is value in soul-nourishing content. It’s a good starting point for life with God. That’s why we send this newsletter every week. But attachment to God…
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 13, 2023 Refreshingly Candid Conversations Have you ever had a friend who offers piercingly honest advice spoken from a heart of love? It’s a rare gift: part surgeon’s knife, part healing touch. This is…
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Renovaré WeeklyDecember 16, 2022 Should Love for God Involve Our Feelings? The Incarnation sparks these affections and stokes the fire of the heart. Enfleshed, especially as a tiny baby, Jesus draws me into a loving relationship with…
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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 WeeklyApril 22, 2022 Until We Advance in Love Itself In regards to being a truly kind and patient person he says, “little progress is to be made in that arena until we advance in love itself—the genuine inner…
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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 WeeklyOctober 29, 2021 The First Step Watchman Nee said the first step toward God isn’t faith or repentance—the first step is “to approach the Lord with an honest heart.”
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 24, 2021 “I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians.” While Gandhi never chose to become a Christian, the Sermon on the Mount informed his life in ways that led to profound personal and cultural change—because he…
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Renovaré WeeklyJune 4, 2021 Why Isn’t God More Obvious? God is love, and love does not coerce. God has no compulsive need to be seen or heard. Instead, God wants to be noticed.
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeGrace Hamman — Tried and True Paths to HolinessOctober 24, 2025
Grace Hamman talks with Nathan about medieval wisdom for how to cooperate with God’s grace to set aside vices (anti-love impulses) and put on virtues (loving,… -
Podcast EpisodeMimi Dixon — Julian of Norwich (Encore Episode)
June 16, 2023
Mimi Dixon invites us to let Julian of Norwich teach us that “all shall be well" in this encore episode that first aired in 2017.
Articles
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ArticleVenemous Envy “I used to pretend I wasn’t an envious person,” writes Grace Hamman in this excerpt from her new book, Ask of Old Paths.
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ArticleLoving Those We Don’t Like In an excerpt from her autobiography, Thérèse of Lisieux tells about the small acts of kindness that helped her learn to get along with a particularly annoying…
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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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ArticleFor the Love of God The radical aim of the Desert Fathers and Mothers What were the rules and hardships of desert monasticism all about? The point of spiritual discipline—then and now—is cultivating love for God and others.
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ArticleDiscovering and Rediscovering God’s Goodness "We all carry a seed of God within," writes Russell Tillman. "Perhaps the way to nourish this seed and to allow it to blossom and grow is to learn to embrace…
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ArticleLove’s Imparting Three readings on God’s embrace Three readings—two recent and one from the 15th century—unpack the biblical image of God as Lover and humans as Beloved.
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ArticleLate Have I Loved Thee North African Bishop St. Augustine was in his 30s when he became a Christian. In this prayer he laments his slowness to open his heart to God. Though his love…
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ArticleThe Bridge to Love Excerpts from The Dialogue This powerful metaphor from 14th century nun Catherine of Siena helps us to understand and delight in the way that God draws us into His love and restores us…
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ArticleHow We Order our Hearts How can we rightly order our hearts to love well what is worthy of love? And can we do this in a way that opens the door to spiritual transformation, rather…
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ArticleHow to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself Based on workshop notes, these thoughts from Dallas Willard explain how our closest relationships are the primary classroom for learning to love well. As we…
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ArticleThe Blessedness of Possessing Nothing For anyone who is a little weary of the "tyranny of things" in life, we invite you to come and experience anew the peace of crowning God alone in your heart.…
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ArticleYou Are Important, and We Love You An Ode to Cake How did cake become the nearly universal dessert of celebration and consolation? How do people speak love through baking and sharing cake? What was Francis of…
