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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Secrecy We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Scripture refers often to the idea of a holy secrecy, which is "Consciously refraining from having our good…

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Prayer We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Prayer is "an interactive conversation with God about what we and God are thinking and doing together."…

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Making Advent More Meaningful "I hear the laments of parents. I am a lamenting parent. Christmas is too much about the stuff. The stuff begins to clog up the supermarket aisles as early as September." Lacy Finn Borgo shares ways…

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Escaping Compulsions Our endless cycle of resolution against, struggle with, and losing to our deeply ingrained compulsions can feel a bit like being confined with a gorilla. We cannot get rid of it, but have to figure…

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Heart to Heart May 2006 Creating Communities That Focus on Life-Long Discipleship In this May 2006 pastoral letter to the Renovaré community, Richard Foster lays out the characteristics and principles of spiritual formation based congregations, and puts practical skin on them with…

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Vision, Idea, and Message Perspectives Newsletter, Vol. 9 No. 2 What is Renovaré, exactly? And what does it mean to “train in righteousness?” In this vintage piece, Richard Foster offers some sturdy—and inspiring—definitions.

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Answering the Crisis in Spirituality Heart to Heart November 1994 In this letter from the Renovaré archives, Richard Foster addresses the explosion of counterfeit spiritualities in our time, explaining that “a vital spirituality” can only be found in embracing…

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Where to Begin, Being Known, and the Role of Obedience James and Richella discuss listener questions on which books to dive into when you’re just beginning the journey of formation and how to develop deeper trust and vulnerability in community, and guest…

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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.