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I Have Given the Keys of My House to Love In this excerpt from Devotional Classics, Catherine writes of a transcendent unity with God even in the midst of very human distractions.

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A Pilgrimage with Sunlight This one-day retreat will help you reflect on and expe­ri­ence God’s pres­ence dur­ing the course of a day. It con­sists of three times of observa­tion and prayer that could take as lit­tle as 15…

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Peace in the Face of War Tiffany Clark, a member of the Renovaré Institute alumni community, was in the Golan Heights when war broke out between Israel and Palestine. She shares reflections and pastoral suggestions for how…

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Making Companionship With God a Priority at All Costs Excerpt from Soul Care in African American Practice In this excerpt from Soul Care in African American Practice, Barbara Peacock calls out patterns of busyness that threaten our intimacy with God. She encourages us to "make companionship with God a…

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Dallas Willard on Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle "This book and this author," Dallas Willard says in regard to Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle, "immediately announced themselves as a unique presence of God in my life."

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How to Live with Open Hands From The Ninefold Path of Jesus Using the first Beatitude of Jesus as a guide, Mark Scandrette invites us to move from close-handed worry to open-handed trust.

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How to Intercede Like Jesus Christlike Intercession Asks More for Others Than a Quick Fix Jan Johnson's expands on insight she gained from Oswald Chambers: “What we must avoid in intercession is praying for someone to be simply ‘patched up.’ We must pray that person through into contact…

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The True You Your Identity and God’s Invitation God welcomes you “as you are,” but he also has plans to restore you to the fullness of your humanity.

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Becoming Like Christ For Christians, heaven is not the goal. The goal is for Christ to be formed in us. Richard Foster shows how that forming happens through experiential, formal, and instrumental means.

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How to Release Resentment: Steps for Forgiving Others Nathan shares a personal reflection on the hold of resentment upon our hearts and minds and how "it is possible to release the person, the burden, and the toxicity it places on us into the capable…

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What Is Imagination? In her book Reclaiming Quiet, Sarah Clarkson asks “what is imagination?” and uses an allegory from a George MacDonald fairy story to unpack the answer.

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God’s Purposes in Prayer Selections from At the Master’s Feet From At the Master’s Feet, read Sundar Singh’s conversation between "The Disciple" and "The Master" in which Jesus responds to questions on prayer with gentle, imagery-rich wisdom.