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The Prayer of Suffering Richard Foster invites us to "voluntarily take into ourselves the griefs and sorrows of others in order to set them free" in this chapter from his book Prayer.

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Lessons From the Trees Nathan Foster explores how trees teach us how to grow slow, root deep, and wait with patience for the resurrection of spring.

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Mimi Dixon — First Things How do pastors prevent burnout and keep first things first? Renovaré Ministry Team member Mimi Dixon shares insights and lessons from her decades of experience as a senior pastor.

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How 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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Movements Produced in the Soul The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Ignatius of Loyola explains the terms “consolation” and “desolation” and counsels the reader on how to look beneath the surface of thoughts and feelings to discern the source.

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The Psalms: Our Prayer Mentor When we learn to imitate those who model a rich and deep prayer life, their thoughts will shape and become our own. In this endeavor there is no one better to observe, Chris Hall writes, than King…

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Modern Media and Tech — Blessing or Curse? From the Foreword to Everyday Sabbath "What we as a species now face in terms of access to entertainment, communication, and information is completely unprecedented in the whole of human existence." In this foreword to _Everyday…

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Let It Be Creative Work as Communion with God Kaysie Strickland draws inspiration from Mary’s response to the Annunciation as she reflects on the role of the artist.

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Building a Bridge between Protestants and Catholics Trevor Hudson writes about how the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius provide an opportunity for Catholics and Protestants of all stripes to find "common ground" by listening to each other’s experiences…

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Why Lent? The forty day journey of Lent is marked in days but lived in grace. Kai Nilsen, one of the authors of the Renovaré devotional Less is More, leads us into this season of preparation.

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