Lyle SmithGraybeal - Renovaré

Relating Spiritual Formation and Character Formation

lyle@renovare.us — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

In our conversations around the new Renovare ministry Stepping Stones we have been talking about the differences between spiritual formation and character formation. This led me to outline the below non-linear process, which I think is a fair presentation of how a person moves towards Christlikeness over time and includes both the phrases “spiritual formation” and “character formation” as part of the process.

Interview for the Congregational Resource Guide on CR Radio

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Late last week I gave an interview to Marty Davis of the Congregational Resource Guide on Renovare and our outlook on contemporary American spirituality: http://bit.ly/RenoCRGInt...

Kingdom Dwellers Have a High Albedo!

lyle@renovare.us — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The below is written by René Hardee, an astrophysicist and participant in a group going through the Apprentice Series as led by Mike Renfro on the east coast of Florida. "Albedo" is a measurement of the amount of light that a given object will reflect back when exposed to a light source. René applies this to how we as Christians reflect the light of Christ...

Renovaré USA Developing Partnerships: What Do You Think?

lyle@renovare.us — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

With whom should Renovaré USA (Renovaré) partner to further the intentionality in Christian spiritual formation and discipleship movement? We are ready to serve...

Imagination and Sacntification

lyle@renovare.us — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The Pastor by Eugene H. Peterson is the book I am currently listening to (compliments of Christian Audio), and I am nearing the end of it. While I could respond to this in all sorts of ways, the one that strikes me at the moment is a section on the sacramental nature of work . . .

Judgment Day

lyle@renovare.us — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT

No. I’m not writing about the end of the world. Yesterday I served jury duty . . .

Rethinking Spiritual Disciplines? – Part 2

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:00:00 GMT

As I have sat with and reflected further upon William Willimon's article, his message of deemphasizing practices seems more and more incongruous with Church Tradition. And not only with Christian tradition but Jewish as well . . .

Rethinking Spiritual Disciplines? – Part 1

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:00:00 GMT

In this short treatment of articles by William Willimon and Mark Galli on spiritual practices, I will spend at least the first couple with Rev. Willimon and then move to Mr. Galli’s writing . . .

Rethinking Spiritual Disciplines? – Intro

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:00:00 GMT

One of the great pleasures of my work with Renovaré USA is the permission to read as part of my job. Sometimes it is the classical devotional writers, other times copy for event brochures, and quite often author manuscripts . . .

Is Believing In God Evolutionarily Advantageous?

lyle@renovare.us — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:00:00 GMT

While I am not sure what it means for Chrisitan spiritual formation, I do know this audio story from National Public Radio is of great interest (to me)! . . .