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How Did We Get Here? – A Perspective on the 2016 Election
“How did we get here?” is a question I have heard often in the weeks since Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States. “What do we do now?” is the next question. The two quotes … Continue reading
Choices – Life is the Sum of all your Choices
Flipping the calendar from December to January seems to put most Americans in an unusually reflective mood. If we are ever going to “go deep” into our own psyches or souls this is the time. For the next few months, this … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, Emily Dickinson, Hope College, Renovare, San Antonio, W. H. Auden
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From My Reading – Part 4
“We have places of fear inside of us, but we have other places as well—places with names like trust and hope and faith. We can choose to lead from one of those places, to stand on ground that is not … Continue reading
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Tagged busyness, Christena Cleveland, Christianity Today, fear, Nathan Foster, Parker Palmer, Renovare, servant leadership
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Fostering a Deeper Commitment
Nathan Foster recently admitted having a “broken ‘hoper’” – even when it comes to the Church. He says: “It doesn’t take many years of living life, watching the way things work out, the conclusions, the trends, the frailness and predicaments … Continue reading
The Capacity to Dream
What makes us grumpy? What makes us frown deep inside even as we walk in golden sunlight under blue skies? What makes us respond immediately with “That won’t work!” to an idea someone proposes or a fix to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Apprentice of Jesus program, Hope, Renovare
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On Being Irrelevant
LIVING AS APPRENTICES In his column Heart to Heart on the Renovare website, Nathan Foster has written a delightful essay on the importance of being irrelevant. He bases it on a quote by Henri Nouwen in his book In the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aslan, Eustace, Nathan Foster, Renovare, vainglory, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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The Best Building Plan
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I recently read a conversation between Richard Foster and Jon Bailey. They were speaking about Renovare, the organization Foster and others began twenty-five years ago to give leadership and direction for the future of spiritual formation as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Renovare, Richard Foster, spiritual formation, tips for life
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Living Every Moment
Back-to-back stories this morning on NPR about the play Our Town and about Pete Seeger brought me to tears – and reminded me of a vital practice in the “with-God” life: sacramental living. Our Town, the iconic play by Thornton Wilder, is about the Webb family, an ordinary family living … Continue reading
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Living as Apprentices 