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The Rich Mullins Book Bootcamp Carolyn Arends welcomes us to a new year of the Renovaré book club by reflecting on her friendship with Rich Mullins, who turned his favorite books into a rite of passage for his touring companions.

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Clinging: The Experience of Prayer A description and invitation to prayer that springs from the author's experience and leads us beyond discussions and debates about prayer into the actual experience of praying.

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Honest Joy, Honest Sorrow The Psalms Provide Permission and Language to Express the Full Human Experience From his book Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide for Life, David Taylor shares how the Psalms give us permission to honestly express the full range of the human emotion.

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The Most Important Job In this pre-Pentecost (or anytime) piece, James Bryan Smith (and Dallas Willard) explain why praying for the success of other churches than one's own is important and powerful.

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Is Praying Difficult? Excerpt from Spiritual Classics Father Louf teaches how easy and natural prayer can be when he answers the question, “Is Praying Difficult?”

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Our Role and God’s Role in Missions What does it take to be sent by God? Mekdes Haddis points to faithful examples of missionaries in the Bible and in more recent years who model Christ-formed character, expectancy, and availability.

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One Torch Lights Another The Spiritual Formation of Evelyn Underhill Robyn Wrigley-Carr traces the influence of Baron Friedrich von Hügel in the life of 20th century author and retreat guide, Evelyn Underhill.

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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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The Lord and His Prayer In this book of pastoral reflections N.T. Wright explores how the Lord's Prayer sums up what Jesus was all about in his first-century setting. Wright locates the Lord's Prayer, clause by clause,…

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Entering 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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Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth Prayers of Walter Brueggemann This thoughtful collection of prayers emerged from Brueggemann's thirty-five years of teaching in seminaries. Full of reflection, faith, and dialogue, they reveal another side of this gifted author…

From Fear to Grace Finding faith on the far side of deconstruction