Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyMay 23, 2025 Doing the Stuff Vineyard leader John Wimber is famous for wanting to actually “do the stuff” Jesus did—proclaim forgiveness, restore the sick, free the oppressed. Regardless…
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Renovaré WeeklyJune 14, 2024 This Does Not Have to Be Meaningful I’m fresh back from a six-week sabbatical. 👋Just before it began, a spiritual director recommended I make and hang a sign in my space that reads:THIS…
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 27, 2023 Experimenting with Sabbath As we work with the practices of Jesus (and his friends down through the ages), let’s take him seriously but ourselves less so. The pressure to perform for God…
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Renovaré WeeklyMay 11, 2018 Feasting on God Fasting as the voluntary denial of normal functions for intense spiritual activity, extending beyond food to media and smartphones, serves as a key to the…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeBill Simmons — Letting the Land Lie FallowMay 23, 2025
President and CEO of American Leprosy Missions (Hope Rises International) Bill Simmons speaks with Nate about burnout and the Sabbatical experience that… -
Podcast EpisodeStages of life and faith · “Disturb me, Lord” · Knowing when to pause
June 2, 2023
The final episode of this season of Friends in Formation covers listener questions on why spiritual formation "clicks" at certain ages, whether we should pray… -
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… -
Podcast EpisodeSolitude · Sabbath with Small Kids · When Grown Kids Leave the Church
July 19, 2021
In this episode, Richella, Nate, and James take listener questions on why silence and solitude are so hard, how to practice sabbath with small kids, and why…
Articles
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ArticleYielding My Control to God "God has been undoing the illusion of control in my life and career," writes Bill Simmons, CEO and president of Hope Rises (American Leprosy Missions).
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ArticleMeeting God in Fatigue An excerpt from Henri Nouwen’s Sabbatical Journey reveals his frustration with feeling so tired and unproductive and finding God’s grace to “live fatigue as…
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ArticleSummer’s Exodus "In the letting go, the unclenching of hands, there is freedom." With tender honesty, Melanie Gillgrist shares spiritual lessons from a summer of rest and the…
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ArticleSabbath Is a Way of Life In this excerpt from The Great Omission, Dallas Willard unpacks the meaning of Sabbath and explores how Sabbath practices open us to God's gracious provision…
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ArticleThe Spiritual Discipline of Rest Richella Parham gently bids us to listen not only to our bodies but to our souls, and give both the rest they so need.
