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articleHoly Week in Jerusalem a pilgrim’s description from around 380 AD A woman's letter to friends is the earliest account of a Holy Land pilgrimage. Egeria's description of the Stations of the Cross gives us a little window into early Christianity and the birth of Holy…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 15, 2024 The Bread of Mercy Not forgiving others leads to bitterness. Bitterness is a hairball clogging the pipe of God’s life flowing into and through us, a chain that binds us, a distorted lens that blinds us. “We don’t…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 8, 2024 A soul like an atom’s nucleus Here is a soul that—like an atom’s nucleus—cohesively held together things that normally repel one another: compassion and justice, conviction and openness, contemplation and action. And, like an…
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articleThe Death and the Dance Kai Nilsen explains that Lenten practice is on the rise in a variety of denominations that are “awakening to the beauty of ritual and the recurring rhythms of the church that embed the life of God…
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articleFacing 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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articleEntering the Kingdom of God Three devotions from Renovaré’s From the Inside Out Journal help us understand how to follow Jesus deeper into the kingdom of God.
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Renovating Our Politics Exploring the connections between personal formation and public lifeWebinar ReplayIn this webinar hosted by Carolyn Arends, Michael Wear (author of The Spirit of our Politics) and Kaitlyn Schiess (author of The Liturgy of Politics and The Ballot and the Bible) will argue that political renewal is indeed possible—and that it is…
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articleThe True You Your Identity and God’s Invitation God welcomes you “as you are,” but he also has plans to restore you to the fullness of your humanity.
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articlePeace in the Face of War Tiffany Clark, a member of the Renovaré Institute alumni community, was in the Golan Heights when war broke out between Israel and Palestine. She shares reflections and pastoral suggestions for how…
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Shaped by Shame How do we receive the grace that can transform us?Webinar ReplayGuided by participant questions, host Carolyn Arends talked to Curt Thompson and Ken Shigematsu about why a sense of shame so pervasive in the human condition, if shame is ever helpful, how shame is related to guilt, and what the Bible says about…
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articleDrawing a Picture of God "The way we live is profoundly shaped by our picture of God," writes Trevor Hudson, and so it's of the utmost importance that we reflect carefully on the ideas we hold about God and bring them into…
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articleFree to Fail If failing is just a natural part of learning for children, maybe we shouldn't be so afraid of failure. Lacy Borgo helps us ease into acceptance in her new book, Faith Like a Child.
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