Life with God: A Renovaré Podcast

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?

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.

Educator and author Lacy Finn Borgo talks with Nathan Foster about helping children make room for God through the spiritual disciplines.

Author and Renovaré Ministry team member Richella Parham talks with Nathan Foster about overcoming the crippling effects of comparison.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

Nathan talks with author, church musician, and instructor Val Hess about worship as spiritual formation and how we might re-shape our worship gatherings.

Nathan talks with singer/songwriter, web designer and Renovaré ministry team member Brian Morykon about Mexican tile work and the beauty of organic order.

Nathan Foster talks with author and Lutheran pastor Kai Nilsen about his new book, Renew Your Life.

Nathan Foster has a laid back chat with author, songwriter and Renovaré Director of Education Carolyn Arends.

Heart 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

This 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.

Nathan chats with Bible Society Chief Executive James Catford about the importance to being open honest with one another in community.

In 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/

Renovaré 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/

Nathan 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/

Nathan 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.

Nathan 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

Nathan 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.

Henri 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.

Nathan 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.