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Renovaré WeeklyMay 7, 2021 Is It Okay to Worship with Them? “Worship is anything that we do out of a love for the Father who created us; it’s what we do to make our creator known, to show him our love. The whole congregation is the worship team.”Explore
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episodeGeorge Skramstad — The History of Worship One of the highlights of attending a Renovaré conference back in the 1990s and 2000s was George Skramstad leading songs and hearing his "History of Worship" presentation from the piano. Nathan talks…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 9, 2021 Can Joy Be Chosen? Like love and peace and patience, joy is a fruit. Produce. It’s produced by another process. That means we can’t choose it directly. At least not very well or for very long. It has to be cultivated.Explore
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episodeKeith Matthews — Was Dallas Willard For Real? Writer, teacher, and pastor Keith Matthews had the unique opportunity to teach beside Dallas Willard for 18 years. Pastors and students who had read Dallas would often come and say: "We know his…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 5, 2021 Overcome Feeling with Fact? So does that mean right thinking doesn't matter? Of course not. It's vital. But here’s what I missed: thinking like Jesus doesn’t mean bypassing emotions. It means dealing with them in a healthy way.Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 26, 2021 Sandpaper Renewal Renewing old furniture or hardwood floors requires sandpaper. It’s the same with our souls and minds. Layers of build up have to be sanded down, and sometimes the process isn’t pleasant or pretty!Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 19, 2021 The World Is a Perfectly Safe Place? While the disciples were "mini-faiths" at this early stage in their journey with Jesus, I have no doubt that ten years later in the same boat they’d be singing like the Moravians. Because confidence…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 5, 2021 Plumbing Theology “God does not just mend, repair, and restore; God renews and generates, transcending our expectations of even what we desire, beyond what we dare to ask or imagine.”Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 22, 2021 Listening Spaces Safe listening spaces make it possible for someone to say what they've kept bottled up. Words spill out that often surprise the one saying them. To listen attentively without a critical spirit gives…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 15, 2021 Healing and Habit Healing, because we all have untreated traumas of commission and omission that only God can set to right. And habit, because the mind doesn’t automatically renew itself—it needs rhythms of grace…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyJanuary 8, 2021 Magnification Thinking about current events in the company of God—that is, choosing in our thinking to be aware of God’s presence and open to the Holy Spirit—can lead us into prayer and repentance, and hopefully…Explore
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 13, 2020 Come, Then Stay There is no formula, of course, for experiencing God’s presence; God does what God wants. But we know that one thing God always wants is to be in communion with us. And sometimes the simplest…Explore
