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February 9, 2018 Freedom from Needing My Own Way Spiritual disciplines aren’t the point—God is. As we celebrate Celebration of Discipline’s 40th anniversary, we begin with Submission, learning the joy of surrendering to God’s will.

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June 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…

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October 5, 2018 Don’t Lose Heart When affliction is upon us it feels neither light nor momentary. I'm thinking today of those undergoing surgeries, those making difficult decisions about loved ones, those battling depression and…

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May 13, 2022 Becoming Who We Already Are in Christ At the moment we decide to follow Jesus we are given the seed of new life. It is something real that didn’t exist in us before. While the miracle of growth is the work of God, cooperating with God in…

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February 23, 2018 Screwtape, Self-hate, and True Submission Richard Foster distinguishes between self-contempt and true self-denial, showing how submission to God brings freedom rather than self-hatred.

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May 4, 2018 God as my glasses Frank Laubach's practice of using God as his glasses to see people through God's love, combined with Richard Foster's insights on prayer as a living relationship, offers a transformative approach to…

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April 13, 2018 Experiments in Prayer Perhaps you'll consider trying a prayer experiment. Ask God for something specific—anything that is good—and wait and watch for God's specific answer.

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June 18, 2021 How Beautiful It Is When… The Ministry Team has modeled to me healthy ecumenism. Its members have shown me how to listen to other perspectives, how to come together even if there are secondary matters of disagreement, and…

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December 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,…

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November 18, 2022 ”I read it perhaps twelve times in those years.” One of our callings at Renovaré is to highlight the kind of writings that touch the heart, address the will, mold the mind, and instill holy habits…. Then to create spaces to read deeply alongside…

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June 7, 2019 Still Good His life was a seamless garment of contemplative prayer and loving action, showing us that the physical and the spiritual are never in competition. The material world he helped speak into existence…

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June 8, 2018 Can Intellectual and Spiritual Mix? Sometimes the intellectual life and spiritual life are needlessly pitted against one another. Dallas Willard reconciles the two in a timeless speech commending college graduates to embrace Jesus'…