A place for honest and unhurried conversations about interactive life with God.
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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Nathan welcomes author Sarah Clarkson to the show to discuss Scottish preacher and fiction writer George MacDonald—a key influence on Sarah’s literary career as well as her faith.
Show Notes
You can find Sarah writing regularly at her Substack, From the Vicarage (sarahclarkson.substack.com) or discover her books at sarahclarkson.com
Recommended by Sarah
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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 and the director of the
Great Books Honors Program at Oklahoma Baptist University. A former poet laureate of
Oklahoma, he is the author of four books of poetry as well as of one previous and two
forthcoming books of nonfiction. His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in many
journals and magazines, including Image, The Yale Review, First Things, and Rattle.
He is a contributing editor for Front Porch Republic and lives in Chandler, OK. His most
recent book of poems is The Family Book of Martyrs (2023).
Show Notes
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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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 Celebrating (a book biography that explores why Celebration of Discipline started a movement).
Registration for the Renovaré Book Club 2024-2025 season is open!
Other articles, books, and podcast episodes by Richard Foster and by Mimi Dixon can be found at renovare.org
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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Author and podcast host Nick Page shares some guidelines for understanding the Bible and reading with a heart open to encountering God.
Show Notes
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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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 Lawrence’s The Practice of the Presence of God.
Show Notes
1. Book excerpts:
2. Lectio 365 Prayer App - A helpful way to re-orient to God's presence in the morning and evening.
3. Content from the Martin Institute's recent academic workshop, "A Crisis Among Us: The Problem of Christian Immaturity" is available here.
4. You can find Mariah's writing on Conversatio.org
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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 San Diego, CA with her husband and three children. She is also the MomCo Coordinator at Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church. Julia's most recent book is Mom Seeks God, but some of her other books include A Year with God (with Richard J. Foster), A Year with Aslan, and 25 Books Every Christian Should Read. Connect with her at her web site, juliaroller.com, or on Instagram Julia (@julialroller) or Facebook.
Julia's suggestions for continued reading:
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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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 God.
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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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 that impact our ability to love God and others.
Show Notes
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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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 is called Tending the Fire. You can contact her at [email protected].
Renovaré Book Club begins September 23. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub.
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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:
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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 a grand invitation into deeper relationship with God. —Nathan FosterShow Notes
Books by Elizabeth Moore and Audrey Elledge
Also mentioned in the episode:
Ways to connect with Audrey and Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Moore:
Audrey Elledge:
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