Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 13, 2026 God is Not an Idea Today I simply want to remind you, remind my own heart, of something that in all our religious activity and spiritual conversation can be easy to forget.God is…
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 28, 2025 Moment-by-Moment Surrender Some of the classic spiritual writers sound at first blush like fatalists. Seventeenth-century priest Jean-Pierre de Caussade writes, “The truly faithful…
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Renovaré WeeklyMay 12, 2023 Pushing Past Weeds of Inconvenience Most of our lives don’t allow for hours of daily prayer and solitude. But sometimes all that’s needed is to take our body somewhere for a few minutes and push…
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Renovaré WeeklyMay 5, 2023 Anointed The term anointed, while debated and misunderstood, is still the best word I know for someone with the gift of making room for the presence of God. This…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 21, 2023 Finding Atmospheres for Stepping Into God’s Invitations We can meet with God anywhere. But when we hear him say “come away with me,” we know that something special is in store.
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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 WeeklyOctober 7, 2022 Learning to (Literally) Walk with God This week’s to-do list makes slowing down seem impossible, or at least irresponsible. Deep down I know it won’t all get done. But I lie to myself: if I can…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 29, 2022 His Father Is Our Father Growing in this intimacy with God requires finding space to be with God, both personally and in community (as Chris Hall points out). Without carving out this…
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 23, 2021 Afraid of the Quiet Many of us live an inverted version of this. We’re afraid of the monsters inside of us that may appear if we become quiet. So we stay noisy, if not through…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 16, 2021 Shame, and Space for God To break free from toxic shame we must bring our entire self to God, not as we wish we were but as we are. Brother Lawrence discovered this.
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 13, 2020 Come, Then Stay There is no formula, of course, for experiencing God’s presence; God does what God wants. But we know that one thing God always wants is to be in communion…
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 16, 2020 Quieting the Jackhammer of Uncertainty If I’m honest, much of my anxiety comes from leaning on—putting confidence in—my own understanding. And I know this direction of thinking won’t turn on a dime;…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeJames Catford — The Present MomentFebruary 24, 2025
James Catford joins Nathan to talk about book 4 in this year's Renovaré Book Club — Jean-Pierre de Caussade's 18th century classic book on trust, _Abandonment… -
Podcast EpisodeMariah Velásquez — Practicing the Presence of GodJuly 12, 2024
Mariah Velásquez, Director of the Incarnatio Center for Formation and Integration at Westmont College and Associate Director of the Martin Center, joins Nate… -
Podcast EpisodeSally Kendrick — The Gift of CreatingOctober 27, 2023
Printmaker Sally Kendrick talks with Nate about the creative act of finding and printing specimens from nature as a way of cultivating "openness and…
Articles
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ArticleThe Sacred Ordinary of Each Day Keith Riley invites us into a spiritual practice of savoring the spectacularly ordinary gifts of goodness that God offers us every day.
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ArticleAwake and Connected to Our Divine Parent Lacy Borgo invites us to strengthen our connection with God by learning from the movements of young children towards their parents and from the…
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ArticleNow is the Dwelling Place of God Himself Thomas Kelly describes glorious plateaus of communion and perspective when we become aware of the immediacy of God’s presence beyond the framework of time.
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ArticleA Pilgrimage with Sunlight This one-day retreat will help you reflect on and experience God’s presence during the course of a day. It consists of three times of observation and…
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ArticleAlways Look for the Light While walking an ancient pilgrimage route, Laura Rasmussen was on the brink of spiritual despair when a new practice—marveling at sunlight—brought her a fresh…
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ArticlePracticing the Presence of Christ Trevor Hudson explains classical practices for growing our awareness of God's presence "wherever we are and in whatever we are doing."
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ArticleBecoming God’s Dwelling Place A Profile of Anna the Prophet Luke's gospel introduces us to Anna, an eighty-four year old prophet, who models "a life focused in mind, body, and activity on engaging with God."
