Life with God: A Renovaré Podcast
279 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 275 ratingsA 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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Episodes
Jon Bauer — Worship with Your Life
May 09, 2016 00:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBIn Toronto Nathan interviews Canadian singer/songwriter and worship leader Jon Bauer about worship being more than a song, the beauty of worshipping with those in closed countries, and how to be faithful in the small things.
Richard Foster — Hope for a New Reformation
May 02, 2016 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MBNathan Foster's latest Heart to Heart essay imagines local churches being places where "honest transformation into the image of Christ from the inside out is a living reality." In this episode, Nathan talks with his dad Richard Foster about what that might look like. Read the essay at renovare.org.
Roger Fredrikson — Lessons at 95
April 25, 2016 00:00 - 13 minutes - 6.05 MBRoger Fredrikson, who recently turned 95, is the oldest member of the Renovaré Ministry Team. In this tender podcast with Nathan Foster he shares his wealth of wisdom learned over the years.
Carolyn Arends — Doubt in Faith
April 18, 2016 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBCarolyn 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?
Richard Foster — Streams
April 11, 2016 00:00 - 8 minutes - 3.78 MBNathan 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.
Lacy Borgo — Helping Children Make Room for God
April 04, 2016 00:00 - 15 minutes - 7.17 MBEducator and author Lacy Finn Borgo talks with Nathan Foster about helping children make room for God through the spiritual disciplines.
Richella Parham — Stopping Comparison in Its Tracks
March 28, 2016 00:00 - 26 minutes - 12.2 MBAuthor and Renovaré Ministry team member Richella Parham talks with Nathan Foster about overcoming the crippling effects of comparison.
Paul Patton — Leading the Dance with Pop Culture
March 21, 2016 15:17 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBNathan 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.
Fil Anderson — Spiritual Practices, Smell & The Image of God
March 14, 2016 00:00 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBAuthor, 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.
Aaron Wyman — Lessons from Trees
March 07, 2016 00:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBTrees 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.
Richard Foster — The Kingdom of God
February 29, 2016 00:00 - 8 minutes - 4.02 MBIn 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.
Mimi Dixon — Life Together on the Narrowing Way
February 22, 2016 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.98 MBIn 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.
Mimi Dixon — Dark Night
February 15, 2016 00:00 - 20 minutes - 9.49 MBPastor 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".
Valerie Hess — Worship as Spiritual Formation
February 08, 2016 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBNathan talks with author, church musician, and instructor Val Hess about worship as spiritual formation and how we might re-shape our worship gatherings.
Brian Morykon — Organic vs Inorganic Order
February 01, 2016 00:00 - 18 minutes - 8.68 MBNathan talks with singer/songwriter, web designer and Renovaré ministry team member Brian Morykon about Mexican tile work and the beauty of organic order.
Kai Nilsen — Renew Your Life
January 25, 2016 00:00 - 19 minutes - 9.09 MBNathan Foster talks with author and Lutheran pastor Kai Nilsen about his new book, Renew Your Life.
Carolyn Arends — Renovaré Director of Education
January 18, 2016 00:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBNathan Foster has a laid back chat with author, songwriter and Renovaré Director of Education Carolyn Arends.
Jan Johnson — Soul Care and Abundant Simplicity
January 11, 2016 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBHeart to Heart reboots as the Renovaré Podcast, now released every Monday. This week Nathan Foster chats with author and speaker Jan Johnson about Abundant Simplicity, people-pleasing, and why Inbox Zero isn't one of her life's goals. Related essay at: http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart
Availability and Vulnerability Part 2 // Fil Anderson
November 04, 2015 19:49 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MBThis month Nathan talks with author, speaker and spiritual director Fil Anderson about "withness", Jesus' interruptibility, and lessons from Brennan Manning's last moments. Read the related essay at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart.
Availability and Vulnerability // James Catford
August 03, 2015 16:18 - 28 minutes - 13.6 MBNathan chats with Bible Society Chief Executive James Catford about the importance to being open honest with one another in community.
Gary Moon — Educational Spiritual Formation Communities
July 01, 2015 19:58 - 16 minutes - 7.78 MBIn the last decade spiritual formation communities have been popping up everywhere. One example is the Renovaré Institute. It's founder, Gary Moon, is the guest on this month's podcast. Read Nathan Foster's related essay at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart/
Chris Hall — Lessons Beyond the Grave
May 21, 2015 19:58 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MBRenovaré President Chris Hall shares with Nathan Foster some surprising perspectives on life in the age to come and how it touches our life now. Read the related essay at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart/
Richard Foster — Values for a Healthy Organization
April 16, 2015 16:18 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBNathan Foster and his father Richard discuss the intentional but sometimes unspoken values that make an organization like Renovaré have longevity. Read the related essay at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart/
Brian Morykon — Prayers of Pain and Lament
March 18, 2015 16:44 - 26 minutes - 12.4 MBNathan Foster discusses his March 2015 letter about prayers of pain and lament. He is joined by songwriter and Renovare Ministry Team member Brian Morykon. Read the letter at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart.
Gayle Withnell — Community and Small Groups
January 23, 2015 17:02 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBNathan Foster talks about community and small groups with Gayle Withnell, a teacher and writer gifted in intercessory prayer. Related letter at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart
Margaret Campbell — Overcoming Resentment
December 19, 2014 03:23 - 37 minutes - 17.7 MBNathan Foster discusses his December 2014 Heart to Heart letter about resentments and what to do about them. He is joined by Margaret Campbell from the Renovaré board. Read the letter at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart.
Mimi Dixon — Irrelevance
November 18, 2014 17:47 - 28 minutes - 13.6 MBHenri Nouwen said, "I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Nathan talks with pastor Mimi Dixon about the implications of that statement. Related essay at http://renovare.org/heart-to-heart.
Jon Bailey and Juanita Rasmus — Slowing
October 06, 2014 16:17 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBNathan Foster talks about what he learned while practicing the discipline of slowing down with God. He is joined by Juanita Rasmus, co-pastor of the St. John’s United Methodist Church in Downtown Houston, and Jonathan Bailey, co-founder of Lightstock and Renovaré Board Chair.
Richard J. Foster & Marti Ensign — Spiritual Disciplines
September 01, 2014 14:35 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MBNathan Foster is joined by author Richard J. Foster and missionary Marti Ensign. They share stories and talk about freedom and grace in the spiritual disciplines.