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July 29, 2022 Finding God’s Grace When Rhythms Unravel As James Catford says on the podcast, our significance must come from the acceptance of God—acceptance we didn’t earn and therefore cannot lose.

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December 5, 2025 Creative Meaning We are made for meaning. And the God-given meaning of our lives is realized through what we experience and what we create. That's why creative practice is a vital component of spiritual formation.

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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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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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August 2, 2024 Zoom Out and Lean In

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July 20, 2018 Singleness of Mind Christian Simplicity, our focus this month, isn’t renouncing wealth or technology. It is singleness of mind on Jesus Christ. “It means,” says Richard Foster in Freedom of Simplicity, “being cognizant…

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September 27, 2024 To Listen is To Love We don't understand the power of listening or its centrality to spiritual growth. We underestimate the immense treasures we can give and receive through listening—to each other, to God, and to our…

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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 21, 2020 Spiritual Conversations with Children Being fully and lovingly present, they discuss, is one of the best ways to help a child know they matter to God. And we’re changed, too, when we offer our full presence to a child—or to any person…

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December 23, 2022 Don’t Skip to the Hard Part Trevor suggests, “Make a conscious effort today to rejoice in the good gifts that come your way—a warm cup of coffee, the friendly face of a loved one, the beauty of a sunrise or sunset.”

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November 7, 2025 Unearthing the Heart (New Free Renovaré Resource) Using the biblical psalms as a model, Unearthing the Heart is a free Renovaré resource offering two stepped-out exercises for digging into your unique circumstances and writing your own psalm-style…

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July 10, 2020 The Loving Gaze of God Every once in a while you come across someone who makes you want to love Jesus more. Someone who’s lived enough life to justify being jaded, but rather than jadedness there’s joy.