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Pray Like You’re Going to Die This brief selection from The Cloud of Unknowing encourages an unexpected means to deeper prayer. As you read, take heed of the author’s advice and allow yourself to pray as if your end comes…

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Spiritual Formation, Fasting, and Unwanted Ill-Will James, Richella, and Nate explain spiritual formation in layman's terms, and discuss questions about fasting and struggling with feeling ill-will toward others.

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Going Down Singing Why We Should Remember that We Will Die Renovaré’s Director of Education, Carolyn Arends, reflects on some of the things her father’s death taught her about the way we are called to live the one earthly life we are given.

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Ready, Set … Wait? Receiving the ongoing guidance and power of the Holy Spirit requires regular times of prayer and study, worship and silence. Richard Foster explains how Christian people today need our own version of…

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Toward God The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer In clear and often delightful prose, Casey brings out the personal techniques and practicalities involved in transforming prayer from an "activity" to a way of life. The freshness of his language…

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Free 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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Sabbath · Reading Protestant and Catholic Authors · Praying for One Another Listener questions guide our hosts into a fruitful discussion about moving from theory to practice in the discipline of Sabbath, exploring historic Christian writers both inside and outside of your…

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Way of a Pilgrim and a Pilgrim Continues His Way, The This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of an anonymous peasant's quest for the secret of prayer.

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Doors Into Prayer An Invitation Emilie discusses universal issues involved in the life of prayer—for example, the relentless human hunger for prayer, the seeming elusiveness of God—then invites us to mend the ragged edges of our…

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Soul Care in African American Practice Soul care director Barbara Peacock illustrates a journey of prayer, spiritual direction, and soul care from an African American perspective. She reflects on how these disciplines are woven into the…