Some fifteen years ago I attended my first Renovaré event.

I can still picture it clearly. Not because I remember what the speakers said. I don’t. But because there, for the first time, I joined with Christian brothers and sisters across denominational lines — which were drawn thicker then — and worshipped God together in spirit and truth. It was a life-giving plunge into the river of God where many streams flow together.

In the book Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster outlines six great Traditions, or streams, flowing throughout Church history. Christ perfectly embodies all of them. (Our content focus for the next year will revolve around these streams.)

“Streams are a way of rethinking the people of God, the church, in a post-denominational way, “ Richard says in a chat with Nathan Foster recorded last week. ​“I don’t mean denominations disappear, I mean that people used to get their theology along vertical bars of denominational loyalty. Now it’s across horizontal bars of interdenominational or community experiences.”

That episode is now available on the podcast. It briefly introduces the six streams and dives into one of the most misunderstood — the Evangelical Tradition, or the Word-Centered Life.

If you’re looking to get acquainted or reacquainted with the Streams, Nathan Foster provides a helpful overview in an article called, ​“A Hope for a New Reformation.”

Dive deep,