Lyle SmithGraybeal - Renovaré

From Brazil

lyle@renovare.us — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:00:00 GMT

The last few days I have been in Brazil, working with Pastor Eduardo Rosa Pedreira, James Bryan Smith, and CJ Fox (The Aprentis Institute) on the efforts of Renovaré Brazil. As a result I have a few reflections about the intentional spiritual formation movement and Renovaré here in Brazil . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 30 – Salvation and Completion

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

What do we mean when we use the word “salvation”? . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 29 – More Ambition

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

I am taken by this idea of ambition and how it relates to the spiritual life . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 28 – Six Traditions

lyle@renovare.us — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

The six Traditions are not Renovaré intellectual property . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 27 – On Hurry

lyle@renovare.us — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Sometimes hurry is a necessity . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 25 – The Church and AA

lyle@renovare.us — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

As with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), why aren’t many more local church congregations places of “willing and radical surrender to God, community support, ruthless honesty, and accountability”? . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 24 – Can Oddness Become Normative?

lyle@renovare.us — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Gary’s writing that we need to be “odd” for God moves me in the direction of wondering: What does a typical Christian that has made a habit of surrendering self-sufficiency to God look like? . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 23 – Through or With?

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

For some time I have been unsure of the language of Jesus living his life “through” me . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 22 – Hearing God

lyle@renovare.us — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

“Hearing God is the best book on Christian guidance written in the 20th Century” . . .

Apprenticeship with Jesus – Day 21 – Action and Formation

lyle@renovare.us — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

I am not that comfortable with silence. I would much rather be active . . .