Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 1, 2023 Doesn’t Have the Discipline Being spiritually formed in Jesus is more than gaining a skill. It is receiving a new heart. And while we are active receivers—there’s stuff we can do to…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 1, 2022 The Danger of the Disciplines But there is a way to engage in spiritual practices that is free from performance, free from striving, and yes—from our first day yoked to Jesus—easy and light.
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 18, 2022 Stop Trying to Be Good Thankfully, we're not called to passivity or to a vaporous "let go and let God" (though surely there is a good deal of letting go and letting God that must be…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 13, 2021 Does God Laugh at Our Plans? It's possible to make grace-empowered progress in the spiritual life. But we do need an openhanded, God-surrendered plan.
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 29, 2018 On the Spot This metaphor of the training athlete is often used for spiritual disciplines. Rightly so. But it's worth noting that the metaphor carries an assumption: being…
Articles
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ArticleEscaping Compulsions Our endless cycle of resolution against, struggle with, and losing to our deeply ingrained compulsions can feel a bit like being confined with a gorilla. We…
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ArticleGod’s Flight Simulator One of our ideas we hold to tenaciously at Renovaré is that the with-God life is all about training, rather than trying. Mimi Dixon leads us deeper into this…