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Facing 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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Maturing the Spiritual Formation Movement Some of us have been at this spiritual formation work for a while now, long enough to see quite a mixture of helpful and decidedly unhelpful things set forth. Richard Foster assesses where we are and…

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Three Converging Influences from the introduction to Celebration of Discipline Richard Foster tells how a range of spiritual mentors from different Christian traditions helped him become a more rooted Christian.

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What is the Spirit-Empowered Life? Daily Devotionals from The Reservoir From The Reservoir, these daily devotionals by Chris Hall dive into the Charismatic Stream.

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The Peaceable War of the Lamb In the essay from the archives, Richard Foster explains how Jesus, our commander and our chief, calls us into a spiritual warfare that will profoundly impact the social order on every conceivable…

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Richard Foster — A Well-Functioning Life (Streams: Holiness) "Responding well under fire, using power rightly, well-functioning, life-affirming." Those phrases usually aren't the first to come to mind for most who hear the word "holiness." In this interview,…

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Pulling Down Strongholds The Weapons of Spiritual Warfare If Jesus is calling us into battle against "injustice, oppression, hatred, bigotry, cruelty, tyranny, brutality, and anything else opposed to the way of God" as part of the Lamb's Army, what are our…

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Are We Safe with God, Realistic Rhythms, and Healthy News Habits In this episode Richella, James, and Nate discuss if we're truly safe in the Kingdom of God, what rhythms of spiritual practice look like in a busy life, and how Jesus would listen to the news.

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The Sustaining Bread of Self-Knowledge Richard Foster joins us to share (with the help of Teresa of Ávila) why the Prayer of Examen is essential to self-knowledge and why self-knowledge is essential to spiritual health. An excerpt from…

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We Never Outgrow Asking Petition isn’t a lower form of prayer — it’s our staple diet Adoration or contemplation may seem nobler than asking God for something. But Richard Foster kindly insists that petition isn't a lower form of prayer—it's our staple diet.

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A Note from One Pastor to Another Out of concern for pastors who are facing trying times and “prickly” parishioners, Miriam Dixon shares how Jesus reframed her understanding of a pastor’s role and focus.