Books
Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 19, 2024 Consolation But this is how Jesus works. He wants to get to the root of the matter and give a peace that endures, not a temporary fix. Sometimes that’s not what we want.
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 10, 2023 Shame is a Signal One takeaway for me is that shame is a signal. Whether that signal is productive or not depends on our response. Our natural reaction to shame is to run and…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 17, 2023 Praying Our Pain Voice our troubles in prayer isn't about giving Jesus information. He knows. It’s about giving him access to the broken places in our life so his love can flow…
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Renovaré WeeklyMay 27, 2022 With Us In Our Suffering Whenever senseless tragedy tempts me to think of God as unsafe, irrational, even irresponsible—"Why create free-willed beings, Lord, when you knew this was the…
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 7, 2022 Leaning Into Pain It’s normal to want to avoid pain. It’s human nature to want to fix someone who’s suffering. But when you look at the life of Nouwen and Van Gogh, and, more…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 12, 2021 A Path Through the Pain When after a loss we ask ourselves, “Is it supposed to hurt this bad?” stories like Jacob’s tell us “Yes, but there is a path through the pain.” We do not…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 5, 2021 Overcome Feeling with Fact? So does that mean right thinking doesn't matter? Of course not. It's vital. But here’s what I missed: thinking like Jesus doesn’t mean bypassing emotions. It…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 11, 2020 Mining Treasure from Dark Times When the bottom falls out, she points us to things we can do to move toward healing: starting with admitting our powerlessness and looking to Jesus our Source,…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 4, 2020 Defrosted Over the years, pain and disappointment can turn down the soul’s thermostat until, before you know it, your heart is cold and hesitant to take the risks…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 7, 2020 Gratitude Gratitude is simple, but requires intention and effort. It’s amazing how jotting down a few “thankfuls” can purify the air of our interior atmosphere.…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 5, 2019 Mountaintops and Valleys Wherever you find yourself, my prayer for you and me is this: zero resistance to the Holy Spirit. When we find ourselves in the upper room may we lay our heads…
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 9, 2018 The Antidote for Rejection Through the cross of Christ we experience, as Richard Foster writes, "both forgiveness and healing for the sins and sorrows of the past." Should our conscience…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeKathleen Norris — A Sister’s Reflections on DisabilityMay 9, 2025
Nathan speaks with renowned author Kathleen Norris about writing about her sister in her new book, *Rebecca Sue: A Sister’s Reflections on Disability, Faith,… -
Podcast EpisodeWalter Strickland II — Formed by SufferingMarch 28, 2025
Nathan talks with Walter Strickland about his new book Swing Low and the way that the African American Christian experience adds crucial wisdom to living a… -
Podcast EpisodeKatie Davis Majors — Safe All Along
March 31, 2023
Katie Davis Majors shares her story of formation through suffering and explains the message of her book, Safe All Along. -
Podcast EpisodePhilip Yancey — Redeemed Pain
September 16, 2019
"Redeemed pain is more impressive than removed pain." Philip Yancey chats with Nathan Foster about the human body, the Body of Christ, what matters most, and… -
Podcast EpisodeBrian Morykon — Prayers of Pain and LamentMarch 18, 2015
Nathan Foster discusses his March 2015 letter about prayers of pain and lament. He is joined by songwriter and Renovare Ministry Team member Brian Morykon.
Articles
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ArticleRwanda Revisited This article was included in the October 1994 issue of Perspectives. Marti Ensign, a member of our Ministry Team, was in Central Africa in April 1994 when the airplane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi was shot down.…
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ArticleHow to Pray While Drowning In Doubt From Prayer in the Night Without pretense or platitudes, Tish Harrison Warren lights the candle of nighttime prayer to help us find a path forward in the darkness of doubt and grief.
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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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ArticleThe Christian Response to the Problem of Pain and Evil Dallas Willard digs deeply into evil's coexistence with the uncompromising goodness of God. It is a very Lenten thing to remember that "God is always where the…
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ArticleWhat to Pray When Pain Takes Your Words When we're unable to find our own words to pray, when all we have is worn and exhausted groans, Nathan Foster shows there is still a way to pray.
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ArticleOn Suffering: An Interview with James Bryan Smith and Bill Vaswig In this 2005 interview, Renovaré team member James Bryan Smith and William Vaswig (now deceased) described their experiences of suffering, disappointment, and…
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ArticleThis, Too, Is In His Hands This short excerpt from Corrie ten Boom's autobiography The Hiding Place holds a clue for us about our communicating God. As bombs fall on Haarlem, Corrie…
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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 Outraged and Insulted Optimist As we look at Wisdom literature in the Bible this week, one book comes particularly to mind: The Book of Job. G.K. Chesterton joins us to share his inimitable…
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ArticleA Posture of Inward Prayer Linda Christians leads us into the storm with this bracing consideration of Madame Jeanne Guyon--a 17th century Christian martyr and author of a respected book…
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ArticleSatan’s a Goner Lessons from a Headless Snake Christ has overcome the world. Carolyn Arends offers a vivid reminder of this truth and the call to live with hope and purpose in this "thrashing time" of an…
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ArticleHurting and Forgiveness Richard Foster writes compassionately of the hurting and being hurt that make up a part of any community and offers counsel and hope for Christian forgiveness.
