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Practical Ideas for Experiencing the Renewal of Worship "Worship is critical to exercising ourselves unto Godliness," Richard Foster writes in this classic piece. Here he offers practical advice for God's people to experience anew the complete joy of…

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Madame Guyon: Her Autobiography (condensed & modernized) Madame Jeanne-Marie Guyon was a Christian martyr and author of a respected book on prayer. This edited, condensed, and updated edition of her autobiography— written from a lonely cell where she was…

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Discovering Contemplation A Penetrating Gaze at the Truth In this classic piece, Bill Vaswig brings contemplation down to earth. It is, as Thomas Aquinas puts it, a simple, unimpeded, penetrating gaze at the truth.

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Prayer We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Prayer is "an interactive conversation with God about what we and God are thinking and doing together."…

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Facing Death, Finding Hope Thoughts on the Lenten Collect "Instead of becoming a source of despair, our sin becomes the arena of God’s glory," writes Esau McCaulley in this reflection on the traditional Ash Wednesday collect.

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The Grace in Discipleship Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 4 How does imagination help us translate the overall pattern of Jesus' life into our own lives? A vintage letter from Richard Foster explores living as disciples in the modern world.

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Meditation We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Prayerful rumination upon God, his Word, and his world fills these Scripture passages.

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Is It So Terrible to be Useful? Drawing on a scene from "The Last Emperor," Richard Foster helps us shift our thinking from feeling used to becoming useful.

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Open Spaces for Solitude Margaret Campbell writes about carving out time and space for solitude so that we are free to be found by God.

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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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The Serenity Prayer A Simple Prayer to Enrich Your Life God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Countless people around the world have prayed this…

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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…