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Understanding Prayer "Just like a little child can never draw a bad picture, so a child of God can never utter a bad prayer." Richard Foster explores the discipline through which God welcomes, embraces, and changes us.

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Get Alone From the sermon, ​“Solitude, Silence, and Submission” In this excerpt from an 1896 sermon, C.H. Spurgeon urges us to “Get alone” for some part of each day in order to see ourselves and the world in the light of God’s reality.

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Come, Then Stay From Abide in Christ The writing of Andrew Murray has endured for generations. Here is the first day of his classic thirty-one day devotional, Abide in Christ, in which he shines a light on the all-encompassing nature…

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Humility, the Root of Virtue This excerpt from Richard Foster's new book on a "vanishing virtue" explores the hidden opportunities in our daily lives to learn about and practice a humble way of being.

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Pursuing Holy Obedience From his enduring classic, A Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly offers four steps or guidelines to help us "commit our lives in unreserved obedience to Him."

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Practicing Shalom in Our Time In this personal reflection, pastor and Renovaré Ministry Team member Juanita Rasmus shares about the disciplines that help her to be a vessel of God's shalom in broken world.

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Salvation as a Life Salvation Is Not Just for Heaven — It Is a New Order of Life Now Richard Foster writes, “The goal of salvation is not to get us into heaven. Properly understood, heaven is not a goal at all, but a destination." Salvation is not only for life yet to come, but for…

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The Enemies Praying the Imprecatory Psalms How do we “leave the vengeance to God”? Dietrich Bonhoeffer explains how to pray the imprecatory psalms as sinners ourselves, forgiving our enemies.

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How to ​“Keep Watch” Jan Johnson invites us to reflect on what it means to “keep watch” for Christ, like the wise ones in Jesus’ Parable of the Ten Women.

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Lord, Teach Us to Pray Knowing how to pray is not automatic, but we have a Good Teacher. Andrew Murray's 1885 book invites readers to "permanently enroll our names in that school, which He always keeps open"—the school of…

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Defining The Contemplative Tradition: The Prayer-Filled Life "The two most common words used to describe the contemplative way of life are fire and love. Purging, purifying fire. Enveloping, comforting love." In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water,…

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A Continuous Conversation Heart to Heart with God Frank Laubach learned to carry on silent conversation with God throughout the day while seeing other people "through God, using God as my glasses, colored with his love for them."