Life with God: A Renovaré Podcast
Renovaré
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.
Episodes
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Apr 18, 2016 • 27min
Carolyn Arends — Doubt in Faith
Carolyn Arends, Renovaré Director of Education, talks with Nathan Foster about the role of doubt. What do we do with it? Is it always the enemy of faith or can it be used to strengthen our faith?
Apr 11, 2016 • 8min
Richard Foster — Streams
Nathan Foster has a short impromptu discussion with his father Richard Foster about why various traditions of the Christian faith—the six streams—are important for giving us a more complete picture of life with God.
Apr 4, 2016 • 16min
Lacy Borgo — Helping Children Make Room for God
Educator and author Lacy Finn Borgo talks with Nathan Foster about helping children make room for God through the spiritual disciplines.
Mar 28, 2016 • 27min
Richella Parham — Stopping Comparison in Its Tracks
Author and Renovaré Ministry team member Richella Parham talks with Nathan Foster about overcoming the crippling effects of comparison.
Mar 21, 2016 • 25min
Paul Patton — Leading the Dance with Pop Culture
Nathan Foster talks with author, playwright, professor and former pastor Paul Patton about the tragic loss of boredom, fear of missing out (FOMO), and the dance with pop culture.
Mar 14, 2016 • 25min
Fil Anderson — Spiritual Practices, Smell & The Image of God
Author, speaker and spiritual director Fil Anderson talks with Nathan Foster about how spiritual practices shape us, why God loves us, and how a over-sensitive sense of smell can been redeemed.
Mar 7, 2016 • 25min
Aaron Wyman — Lessons from Trees
Trees can teach us a thing or two about life with God. That's the topic of Nathan Foster's bi-monthly Heart to Heart essay, out today. In this podcast Nathan dives deeper into the life of trees with biologist and Spring Arbor professor Aaron Wyman.
Feb 29, 2016 • 9min
Richard Foster — The Kingdom of God
In this brief conversation, Nathan talks with his father Richard Foster about the Kingdom of God—what it is, how it differs from the church, and how to know what God wants.
Feb 22, 2016 • 22min
Mimi Dixon — Life Together on the Narrowing Way
In part 2 of their conversation, Mimi Dixon shares with Nathan wisdom about community and the narrowing way, drawing from her 30 years of pastoring the same church.
Feb 15, 2016 • 21min
Mimi Dixon — Dark Night
Pastor and Renovaré Board Member Mimi Dixon talks with Nathan about how God uses suffering to draw us closer to him. She explains the different between the "dark night of the hole" - one we dig ourselves into - and the "dark night of the soul".
