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July 30, 2021 Prioritizing People Over Plans But there is also a healthy way to approach intentional Christian community, a way that prioritizes people above plans. Whenever I see someone doing that—especially if they’ve been living in…

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July 28, 2023 From the Inside Out: A New Free Renovaré Course Today Renovaré is releasing a new online course called From the Inside Out: Discovering a Deeper, More Transformative Life with God.

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February 10, 2023 Attachment to God There is value in soul-nourishing content. It’s a good starting point for life with God. That’s why we send this newsletter every week. But attachment to God isn’t built primarily through information…

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February 3, 2023 Learning to see So if you want a place to start with visual prayer, take a slow walk in nature. Ask God to teach you through the steady trust of the naked oak and the song of the swallow who stayed north for the…

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February 11, 2022 Where Did I Go Wrong? “If only I had effectively presented Jesus and his invitation to follow him,” Mimi writes, “this would never have happened…. My prayer life devolved to a single, repetitive phrase: ‘I failed. Jesus,…

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November 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…

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December 13, 2024 The Limits of a Rule of Life A simple rule of life can shape rhythms that make space for Jesus. It’s not about perfection but about living intentionally, rooted in grace and holy habits.

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January 20, 2023 Authority A person operating in the authority of Jesus prays with humble power and speaks with directness and love. Their words are endowed with weight from above.

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February 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…

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April 24, 2020 Stress and Formation Sometimes under stress we return to old habits of thought and action. Jesus always wants better for us—sometimes better than we want for ourselves. He's present both in the moment to guide us and out…

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January 29, 2021 The Question We Avoid If we cannot trust God to keep bad things from happening to us or to those we love, how do we trust God at all?