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Streams · Spiritual Formation Groups · Building Friendships In this episode, Richella, Nate, and James answer listener questions about the Streams, moving small groups toward spiritual formation, and building lifelong friendships in this time of loneliness.

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Richard Foster — Streams Overview + The Word-Centered Life (Evangelical Tradition) To begin a series on of the six major Christian traditions, or streams, outlined in the book Streams of Living Water, Nathan Foster talks with his father Richard Foster about one of the most…

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Longing for God Seven Paths of Christian Devotion It is difficult to find authentic principles that satisfy our spiritual thirst. This is a book that greatly helps those who are thirsty, worn out, burned out and tired of religious malpractices that…

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Living Well Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 16 No. 3 In this vintage letter, Richard Foster writes that those who have learned to live well "easily and freely 'esteem others better than themselves' (Phil. 2:3)... They have learned the life-giving power…

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The Sermon on the Mount Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 11 No. 4 "​Genuine Christian renewal will always carry in its wake a richer and deeper understanding of Scripture," Richard Foster reminds us. "And when we consider the renewal movement of discipleship to…

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Richard Foster and James Catford — Streams of Living Water "I see it happening, this great new gathering of the people of God," writes Richard Foster in Streams of Living Water. Richard, along with Renovaré Board member James Catford, talk about the treasure…

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Why Pray If God Already Knows? With help from the church fathers and mothers, Chris Hall considers what communication is like with the God whose knowledge is inseparable from his love.

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Getting the Big Picture How we can know the Bible, not just Bible trivia In this classic article from Christianity Today, Richard Foster encourages Christians to embrace the authority and wisdom God has invested in his witnesses—Bible writers and examples in scripture,…

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Mimi Dixon and Richard Foster — Worth Celebrating Nathan Foster has an in-person conversation with Mimi Dixon and Richard Foster about the two introductory books in the 2024-2025 Renovaré Book Club season — Richard's classic _Celebration of…

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The Rich Mullins Book Bootcamp Carolyn Arends welcomes us to a new year of the Renovaré book club by reflecting on her friendship with Rich Mullins, who turned his favorite books into a rite of passage for his touring companions.

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Celebrate! At Christmastime, we find it fun to pull out some thoughts on the spiritual discipline of celebration from Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline. ​With a nod to all things un-Scrooge from Nephew…

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Step into the Streams James Catford shares a personal story of how Richard Foster introduced the idea of the Six Streams of the Great Christian Tradition to him. Something clicked for the young British book editor, and…