Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyMay 20, 2022 The Most Significant Thing We Will Ever Do on Earth Nathan Foster’s words come to mind: “I have now come to believe that building and cultivating relationships is the most significant thing I will ever…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 25, 2020 A Solution for Spiritual Muddles When rocks of resistance tumble down and trap you in a cave of indecision, there is only one pickaxe that can break through to clarity and joy: obedience.
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Renovaré WeeklyDecember 20, 2019 Long Obediences What makes for a long obedience is a bunch of daily obediences one after the other, like stones laid for a walking path. Our job is to stay attentive to the…
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Renovaré WeeklyDecember 13, 2019 When God Breaks In We Have a Choice “When God breaks in we have a choice,” Mimi writes. “Embrace or reject, believe or doubt. Either we abandon ourselves to God’s path, the steps of which are…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 30, 2019 The Human Part of Holiness Thomas Kelly reminds us that obedience begins with inspired imagination, a "flaming vision" of the beauty of a holy life. Next, he says simply: “Begin where…
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 16, 2019 An Unhappy Joy? While you can’t will joyfulness, you can take your body to a quiet place and recall the goodness of God and listen for the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit—a…
Podcast Episodes
Articles
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ArticleLilias Trotter: A Legacy of Complete Abandonment to God To see Lilias "was to catch a glimpse of ‘that sweet-smiling Jesus.'” Mimi Dixon holds up the life of Lilias Trotter as a model of joyful, Christlike obedience.
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ArticleA Life Lived Upward Toward God With pastoral wisdom and care, Eugene Peterson explains how the "Songs of Ascents" sung by ancient Hebrews can help us hone a pilgrim mindset as we stay the…
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ArticleHearing and Obeying The Essence of Christian Meditation With straightforward clarity, Richard Foster explains that "Christian meditation, very simply, is the ability to hear God’s voice and obey his word. It is that…
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ArticleA Life of Prayer and Holy Obedience in a War-Wracked World A substantial piece by Richard Foster on the relationship between spiritual warfare, prayer, and holy obedience.
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ArticlePursuing Holy Obedience From his enduring classic, A Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly offers four steps or guidelines to help us "commit our lives in unreserved obedience to Him."
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ArticlePractice Staying in God’s Presence Dealing with Temptation François Fénelon reminds us that most of the struggles we face in the with-God life are not giant sins, but rather the seemingly inconsequential offenses that…
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ArticleThe Submission of the Believer Oswald Chambers reflects upon the grace that we receive through submission to Christ and to others.
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ArticleThe Creative Power of Reconciliation Christ-followers must learn to trade revenge for forgiveness, hate for love, and destructive power for creative power.
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ArticleLessons for a Pilgrim’s Journey When facing the “indescribable,” “ineffable, inexpressible, and incomprehensible" ways of God's providence, Chris Hall encourages us not to lose heart and to…
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ArticleThe Tongue Can No Man Tame Augustine weighs in on the theme of practicing prudence in speech (and action) with this piece on submitting to the training of the great Tamer of the tongue.
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ArticleHeart to Heart May 1999 A May 1999 Heart to Heart newsletter where Richard Foster traces his early journey in trying to understand the kingdom of God: Hunger for God, Salvation as…
