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An Invitation to Openness and Honesty “​​Prayer is a principal means of healing and reshaping our character into the image of Christ.” Chris Hall shares a few ancient Christian perspectives on transforming our inner thoughts and…

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Meditation: Being Attentive to God Muse, ponder, reflect, consider—when Psalm 119 says "meditate," this is what the Psalmist has in mind. In this excerpt from Spiritual Classics, Joyce Huggett shows us how Christian meditation…

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An Experiment with Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises In this classic newsletter article, Richard Foster shares his experiment with the rhythms of Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises during Lent.

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Healing This revised and expanded edition of MacNutt's bestselling book Healing, which has sold over 400,000 copies in its lifetime, provides a context within which to understand healing. MacNutt covers…

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The Story of Worship "Early in Genesis we find mention of the first musician. His name is Jubal and considered the 'father of all who play the harp and flute.'" George Skramstad leads us through the history of worship…

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Sweet Will of God This is a favorite hymn of at least one-sixth of the team here at Renovaré (we took a poll). We hope you'll enjoy it as a lovely start (or middle) (or end) to your day—and find yourself folded ever…

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Struggling with Everydayness Tish Harrison Warren previews the themes of her book Liturgy of the Ordinary in this piece about learning to accept a "radical ordinariness" in living this Christian life.

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Lent for Everyone: Matthew, Year A A Daily Devotional Lent for Everyone: Matthew, Year A provides readers with an inspirational guide through the Lenten season, from Ash Wednesday through the week after Easter. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T.…

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Real Community Community is at the heart of the Renovaré Institute experience. This excerpt from James Bryan Smith's The Good and Beautiful God captures the flavors of this sort of community—born in faith and…

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Fellowship We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. One of the sweetest gifts of the Spirit is fellowship. Scripture guides us through this life we live together.

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Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen Daily Scripture and Prayers together with Nouwen’s Own Words The inspiring words of Henri J. M. Nouwen guide the faithful on a spiritual journey through the Advent and Christmas season in this book of waiting, hope, anticipation, and celebration.