Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 6, 2024 Picture This Gifted storytellers, like George MacDonald and Christ himself, creatively cast a vision of God’s kingdom coming into corners of the earth—and into corners of…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 23, 2024 Climbing Insurmountable Classics Literary classics, especially spiritual ones, often seem daunting. With a good guide and an open heart, these works can become accessible and engaging,…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 9, 2024 Symphony A good book is a symphony. Each letter is an instrument, each word a note, each phrase a melody, each chapter a movement. And deep reading, like deep…
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 12, 2024 Spiral Stairway Last night I began reading Philippians to my soon-to-be-eleven-year-old son. He stopped me. “Shouldn’t I get my workbook to fill in the answers?”A…
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Renovaré WeeklyJune 21, 2024 Content Acquisition Syndrome Content is essential for spiritual growth. But it’s a tool. For Christians, life isn’t in the content or even in the spiritual practices but in the Spirit who…
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 6, 2023 Writing That Restores Our weekly six will explore a topic through a variety of mediums — articles, podcasts, events, etc… Some from Renovaré. Some from others who help with the…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 25, 2023 Awakening Effect A great book can have a similar awakening effect. It can settle the anxious soul and unsettle the complacent one. It can open a fresh perspective and loose a…
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 18, 2022 ”I read it perhaps twelve times in those years.” One of our callings at Renovaré is to highlight the kind of writings that touch the heart, address the will, mold the mind, and instill holy habits…. Then to…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 23, 2022 Deep Cuts One guard against this shadow side is to read books by followers of Jesus outside the circles we naturally gravitate toward. We need old books alongside the…
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 24, 2020 “Refreshing Shock” These classic works can be intimidating to many readers (including this one). But a careful engagement with the text finds it often to be surprisingly lucid.…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeSpiritual Scorekeeping, Finding Real Friends, and Avoiding Content Overwhelm
February 20, 2026
Kicking off the relaunch of Friends In Formation, James, Richella—and new host Tiana Spencer—discuss three listener questions: how to stop measuring your… -
Podcast EpisodeSarah Clarkson — George MacDonald’s Fairy StoriesSeptember 6, 2024
Nathan welcomes author Sarah Clarkson to the show to discuss Scottish preacher and fiction writer George MacDonald—a key influence on Sarah’s literary career… -
Podcast EpisodeJulia Roller — The Right Book at the Right TimeJune 20, 2024
Writer and editor Julia Roller joins Nate to talk about how God uses books to guide us into transforming ideas and encounters and shares about the book that… -
Podcast EpisodeSabbath · Reading Protestant and Catholic Authors · Praying for One Another
January 27, 2023
Listener questions guide our hosts into a fruitful discussion about moving from theory to practice in the discipline of Sabbath, exploring historic Christian…
Articles
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ArticleHow Should We Read Chris Hall draws from monastic wisdom to explore the transformative power of slow, intentional reading. By engaging eyes, ears, and heart through reiteration…
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ArticleA Fire of Roses Katelyn Dixon shares about the George MacDonald fairy tale that served as a “North Star” pointing her to the gospel during a time of spiritual darkness.
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ArticleWhat Is Imagination? In her book Reclaiming Quiet, Sarah Clarkson asks “what is imagination?” and uses an allegory from a George MacDonald fairy story to unpack the answer.
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ArticleWhy Medieval? from Jesus through Medieval Eyes "We all read out of the context and history of the time in which we live," writes Grace Hamman. But the writing and art of our Medieval Christian brothers and…
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ArticleGrowing Your Library of Wisdom Renovaré Board and Ministry Team member, Tina Dyer, writes that reading from a wider variety of Christian voices deepened her spiritual formation and affirmed…
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ArticleA Different Way to Read Letting a text touch your heart might mean slowing down or trying one of these techniques used by monks long ago. Chris Hall shares wisdom about the best ways…
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ArticleHow to Do Spiritual Reading From the introduction to 25 Books Every Christian Should Read Reading for the benefit of our souls requires a different approach from the way we typically interact with written material. Here are some helpful tips for…
