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Forty Years of Celebration of Discipline: An Interview with Richard Foster Empowering Spiritual Transformation in the Local Church, An Interview with Richard J. Foster Richard Foster chats with Paul Anderson of George Fox University about the 40th anniversary of Celebration of Discipline, how that first book led to many others, why Renovaré came into being, the…

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Love’s Imparting Three readings on God’s embrace Three readings—two recent and one from the 15th century—unpack the biblical image of God as Lover and humans as Beloved.

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The Renovaré Covenant: Legacy and Invitation Richella Parham, Renovaré Board and Ministry Team member, shares a little bit about the history of the Renovaré Covenant with us.

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Practical Ways to Live All of Life With God Practicing the Incarnational Tradition In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster provides very practical ways to live all of life—everyday home and family and work life—with God.

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Simple Words of Gratitude Forty years ago, Richard Foster wrote a reflection upon an afternoon with his son, Nathan. It is a timeless offering on the importance of gratitude.

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Turning Your Thoughts into Prayers Prayer can be as natural as breathing "What do we pray? Whatever piece of God's will we understand." Jan Johnson shows how praying without ceasing need not be complicated.

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The Kingdoms of This World in Light of the Kingdom of God Richard Foster shares "theological convictions that surround civic responsibility" in this newsletter from the Renovaré archives.

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Hearing and Obeying The Essence of Christian Meditation With straightforward clarity, Richard Foster explains that "Christian meditation, very simply, is the ability to hear God’s voice and obey his word. It is that simple."

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The Path to Joy In the spiritual life, the only thing that will produce genuine joy is obedience. Richard Foster explains why in this piece from Celebration of Discipline.

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Freedom of Simplicity Finding Harmony in a Complex World A revised and updated edition of the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less stress and more leisure but an essential spiritual discipline for the health of the soul.

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Discipline: We Can Live By It "The disciplined person is the free person," writes Richard Foster. In this 1982 essay, Richard explains how God uses disciplines not to bind us to a set of rules, but to release us from controlling…