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Renovaré WeeklyDecember 31, 2021 Living in the Tension Even if resolutions aren't your thing, the New Year still offers an opportunity to reorient our lives toward the Kingdom of God. Some folks find it to be a good time to create or tweak a rule of…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 2, 2021 Beware of the Humble Mumble For us, growth in humility can feel elusive or impossible. If you think you’re growing in this area, isn’t that proof that you aren’t? If we think of humility, however, as alignment with truth—not…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyJune 23, 2023 Petition Is Purified by Petition God doesn’t withhold from us to be cruel, or wait to answer until our hearts and requests are flawless. In fact, “withholding” is probably the wrong word altogether. The process of asking and…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyDecember 6, 2019 Deeper In It’s in everyday life, Catford says, “that the Bible really crackles with energy. Its primary function is our formation and the formation of the communities we inhabit. And, if only we will ask them,…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 29, 2021 The First Step Watchman Nee said the first step toward God isn’t faith or repentance—the first step is “to approach the Lord with an honest heart.”Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 1, 2021 Dear Trinity It's true that our Maker wants our hearts far more than our perfectly addressed prayers. Still, how we address God matters because it reveals something about how we think about God. And what we think…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyJune 2, 2023 Disturb Us, Lord I was going to write about how we can become complacent in dysfunction as much as in comfort; about whether and when we should pray for God to shake us out of our comfort zone; about welcoming hard…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 30, 2022 The Beauty, Wisdom, and Power of Restraint And some of the most culturally transformative movements have been led by those, like Martin Luther King, Jr., who modeled costly restraint from anger and violence.cExplore
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 4, 2022 Analog Church After all, digital spaces like webinars, podcasts, YouTube worship services, Zoom prayer meetings—even this email newsletter—have been lifelines for so many. And for that, we can be grateful. So is…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 19, 2021 Hurry Is Greed Because hurry demands that a desired future be brought into the present at a faster rate than God intends. It puts productivity above people. Stated plainly and personally, when my heart is in a…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyJuly 1, 2022 Caregiving For those who are caregivers now, have been, or will be some day—that is nearly all of us—I sense two words surfacing now: Jesus remembers.Explore
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bookPoustinia Encountering God in Silence, Solitude and Prayer Poustinia, a Russian word, means 'desert', a place to meet Christ in silence, solitude and prayer. Catherine Doherty combines her insights into the great spiritual traditions of the Russian Church…Catherine DohertyExplore
