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Reading the Bible with the Mind and the Heart "God not only originated the Bible through human authorship; he remains with it always. It is God's book. No one owns it but God himself. It is the loving heart of God made visible and plain. And…

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How to Read the Bible + Its Tricky Parts, and Understanding Spiritual Abuse James, Richella, and Nate discuss different ways to read the Bible (big chunks, small bites, meditating, memorizing, and changing it up), what to do with tricky texts in Scripture, and how to spot…

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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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A Panoramic View of God’s Purpose in History In addition to understanding the Bible's overarching theme in the with-God life and its transformation of the People of God, it is also helpful to view the Bible panoramically across the expanse of…

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The Way of Peace In The Message, Eugene Peterson translates John 1:14 as “the Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood,” crossing the threshold into humanity. James Catford muses on what this…

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What are Spiritual Disciplines? Practices for Growing in Grace

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Lilias Trotter: Contemplative, Artist, Missionary Shaped by service and contemplative prayer, her life was a work of art. She was one of the greatest artists the world has never known, one who had a new way of seeing the world. Lilias Trotter turned down an offer to become a legendary painter, choosing instead to follow…

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Live Life to the Full Dallas Willard helps us understand the synergy between God’s transforming grace and our active cooperation: “You have never seen people more active than those who have been set on fire by the grace…

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Meditations on the Birth of Jesus A Renovaré Advent Resource for Spiritual Renewal A four week Advent devotional with meditations on Scripture and art, written by Renovaré team members Miriam (Mimi) Dixon and Margaret Campbell.

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A Mile in My Shoes Cultivating Compassion A Mile in My Shoes grew out of Trevor Hudson's experiential program, The Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope, a program in the 1980's that asked young, comfortable South Africans to reflect upon the…

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Truly Believing the Twenty-Third Psalm Dallas Willard writes that "far too few have experienced in their own lives the vivid reality" of the Twenty-Third Psalm. Here he explains how we can step into the abundance it describes.