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A place for honest and unhurried conversations about interactive life with God. Hosted by Nathan Foster from Renovaré, a nonprofit that offers resources, events, and learning communities to help people become more like Jesus. Learn more at renovare.org.
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Poet laureate, professor, and author Ben Myers joins Nate to discuss a book that has been a constant and formative presence in his life: Dante's The Divine Comedy. Benjamin Myers is the Crouch-Matthis Professor of Literature…
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Mimi Dixon and Richard Foster — Worth Celebrating
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Nathan Foster has an in-person conversation with Mimi Dixon and Richard Foster about the two introductory books in the 2024-2025 Renovaré Book Club season — Richard's classic Celebration of Discipline and Mimi's Worth Celebr…
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Author and podcast host Nick Page shares some guidelines for understanding the Bible and reading with a heart open to encountering God. Show Notes The Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast Some of Nick’s Books Nick Page on microblog…
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Mariah Velásquez — Practicing the Presence of God
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Mariah Velásquez, Director of the Incarnatio Center for Formation and Integration at Westmont College and Associate Director of the Martin Center, joins Nate on the Life with God podcast to talk about a favorite book—Brother…
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Julia Roller — The Right Book at the Right Time
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Writer and editor Julia Roller joins Nate to talk about how God uses books to guide us into transforming ideas and encounters and shares about the book that changed her life. Julia Roller is an author and editor living in Sa…
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Deep relationships take time. Renovaré board and ministry team member Margaret Campbell shares with Nate what she's learned through the years about the slow and beautiful unfolding of true friendships — with people and with …
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Joe Davis and Nick Page — Disagreeing and Staying Friends
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Joe Davis and Nick Page have been friends for over 30 years and co-host The Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast. They share with Nate about disagreement as a productive part of friendship and faith that helps us work through concepts t…
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Adri-Marie van Heerden — Learning to Look Again
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- South African Spiritual Director Adri-Marie van Heerden talks with Nate about making friends cross-culturally, the need for humility, and learning to see others as God sees us — with great regard. Adri-Marie's organization i…
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John Paul Westin — Befriending the Prisoner
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Nathan talks with prison chaplain John Paul Westin about the penitentiary as parish and learning to see each person there as God's "friends and special ones." Show Notes A few annotated book suggestions from John Paul: Cur D…
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The Liturgy of Friendship — Elizabeth Moore and Audrey Elledge
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore, authors of Liturgies for Wholeness, join Nate to talk about the formational power of liturgy and friendship. Friendship is a relational connection point many people struggle with, but it's…
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Audio Retreat: The Cup - A Meditation for Holy Week on Luke 22
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- This meditation by Nathan Foster on Luke 22 invites us to the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed “let this cup pass from me.”By Renovaré
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Trevor Hudson shares reflections on the influence that Desmond Tutu had on his life — as a friend, colleague, cellmate, and “contemplative in action.” Show Notes Desmond Tutu's Nobel Prize biography page Made for Goodness by…
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- “We enriched each other.” Luci Shaw speaks with Nate about her rich friendship with Madeleine L'Engle and how they made one another better writers and better followers of Jesus. Show Notes + Transcript Nate: Lucy, we get to …
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Amisho “Sho” Baraka joins Nate for a fascinating conversation about George Washington Carver — a man whose faith directed his genius toward the good of others. Resources The Man Who Talks with the Flowers: The Intimate Life …
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Andrew Arndt — On the Desert Fathers and Mothers
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Pastor and author Andrew Arndt talks with Nathan Foster about how the stories and examples of the desert fathers and mothers move from exhaustion, burnout, and pain into a more vibrant faith.…
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Mimi Dixon shares how the life and words of Catherine Doherty—a pioneer for interracial justice and mentor to Thomas Merton—helped her to return to her first love. Resources Poustinia, by Catherine Doherty Catherine Doherty …
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Matthew Clark joined Nate in-person to tape this week's podcast conversation on the topic of truth — truthful storytelling, truthful music, true relationships and true worship. Visit Matthew Clark's website. Books by Matthew…
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Printmaker Sally Kendrick talks with Nate about the creative act of finding and printing specimens from nature as a way of cultivating "openness to the presence of God and willingness to receive the love of God." Sally Kendr…
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Sarah Clarkson spoke with Nathan Foster from her home in the UK about her experiences with grief and fear and the way God has been restoring faith, hope, and love in her life through the gift of beauty. Sarah's Website: http…
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Mark Buchanan — The Healing Gift of Nature
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Mark Buchanan, author of God Walk: Moving at the Speed of your Soul, talks with Nate about the restorative gifts of God available to us in natural world. Books by Mark Buchanan God Walk: Moving at the Speed of your Soul Davi…
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Katelyn J. Dixon — The Healing Gift of Writing
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- The Renovaré Podcast with Nathan Foster returns with new episodes and a new name... Life with God. The next several episodes center the conversation around things that restore our souls—places of connection to God and gifts …
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- A 20-minute meditation—an audio retreat—on Psalm 131. Put on some headphones, find a comfortable spot, and let your soul be quieted. This episode is a collaboration with Joshua Banner from The Invitation Podcast (invitationp…
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Brian Morykon — Crafting Authentic Prayers (Encore Episode)
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Prayer doesn't have to be perfect, just real. Brian Morykon and Nathan Foster talk about music and writing as forms that help us craft authentic prayers in this 2015 episode of the Renovaré Podcast. Brian's song that is refe…
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Jan Johnson — Being Glad with God (Encore Episode)
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- "Each day is God's gift… But we have a choice." Jan Johnson talks with Nate about how to rejoice and be glad with the help of spiritual disciplines. Find more Jan Johnson resources at janjohnson.org…
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Mimi Dixon — Julian of Norwich (Encore Episode)
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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Mimi Dixon invites us to let Julian of Norwich teach us that “all shall be well" in this encore episode that first aired in 2017.By Renovaré
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