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Fast and Slow "Our sympathetic nervous systems have raced for twenty-five years now," write Mark and Lisa McMinn. Slowing down is essential for living well.

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The Wonderful Freedom of Fasting “Fasting: Twentieth Century Style” In this transcript from an address given to Southern Baptists in 1983, Richard Foster looks at the meaning and many forms of fasting and the challenges and blessings of each.

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Spiritual Scorekeeping, Finding Real Friends, and Avoiding Content Overwhelm Kicking off the relaunch of Friends In Formation, James, Richella—and new host Tiana Spencer—discuss three listener questions: how to stop measuring your spiritual life by the world's standards, why…

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God’s Voice, Avoiding Judgmentalism, & Children’s Deep Formation Host James Catford, co-host Richella Parham, and guest contributor Grace Pouch discuss listener questions on discerning God’s voice, the temptation to judge others, and best practices for shepherding…

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Living, Teaching, Practicing Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 6 No. 2 From the newsletter archives… Richard Foster writes, “Like the recurring stitch pattern in a quilt, so prayer threads its way throughout Jesus’ life.”

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Prophets and Poets From Eye of the Beholder Luci Shaw believes poets, especially poets of faith, should cultivate the gift of perception and awareness in order to help illuminate invisible realities.

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Sabbath, Streams at Church, and What God’s doing in the American Church James and Tiana take on listener questions about how to practice sabbath and how to explore the Streams of Christian tradition as a church, and guest contributor Ted Harro joins the cast for an…

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Willard’s Intellectual Eclecticism Keas Keasler finds overlap in the distinctively "cross-disciplinary" approaches to theology in the work of C.S. Lewis and Dallas Willard.

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Paola Barrera — The Gift of Immigration Venezuelan-Canadian author Paola Barrera joins Nate on Life With God to discuss her story of immigration and how it shaped her outlook on God’s kingdom.

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Silence We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. These verses help us close off our souls from "sounds,” whether noise, music, or words, so that we may better…

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Embracing Suffering Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 16 No. 1 Richard Foster writes about our culture's "suffering avoidance" and Christ's call to identify with those who suffer.

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Holiness: More Than Avoiding Vice Defining holiness by external measures leads to legalism. Richella Parham helps us move beyond avoiding vice and into building a life of virtue.