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The Human Body and Spiritual Growth Probably the least understood aspect of progress in Christlikeness is the role of the body in the spiritual life. Dallas Willard illuminates the connection.

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“The Golden Triangle” of Spiritual Transformation The Path of Radical Change Is it possible to be like Jesus? Can we actually have the character of the heavenly Father? Dallas Willard says yes and shows us three essential components of radical change.

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Fasting: A Practical Guide “Fasting is a way to lay down an appetite”— an appetite of the body, mind, or spirit. Adele Calhoun offers practical advice on the discipline of fasting as a way to surrender our desires to God for…

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Ted, Thomas, and a Letter to a Local Church In this pastoral letter, Ted Harro imagines what Quaker philosopher Thomas Kelly might say to his home congregation.

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Improving Our Conscious Contact with God The Simple Wisdom of AA’s Eleventh Step Trevor Hudson, a nonalcoholic, has found great help in AA's Twelve Steps. Here he unpacks the Eleventh Step: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God...…

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Pete Greig — Normal People Hearing God Pete Greig, author of the book How To Hear God (up next in the Renovaré Book Club), joined Nate for a wonderful conversation on the ways that God speaks and what it looks like to listen well.

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The Role of Temptations Classics of Christian devotional literature are marked by clarity and profound simplicity. This excerpt from The Imitation of Christ is no exception. It offers practical and timeless advice for…

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How to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself Based on workshop notes, these thoughts from Dallas Willard explain how our closest relationships are the primary classroom for learning to love well. As we learn, we can "bring more people into the…

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An Everyday Experiment in Hearing God Found in archives dated shortly after the publication of Celebration of Discipline, these honest journal entries from Richard Foster provide a helpful window into a daily experiment​ with listening…

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Listening Prayer Waiting, Resting, and Delighting in God Jan Johnson joins us with some words about listening prayer. How can waiting and resting in the Lord lead to utter delight? Jan shares practical methods to dig deeply into this practice of prayer as…

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The Highest Form of Prayer Once in a time of prayer, Julian heard the words, “I am the foundation of your praying”—words that greatly influenced her spiritual life. Because God grounds us in a good desire for his fellowship,…

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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.