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TYPES OF CONTENT
Covenant Retreats — Denver Conversations — International Conferences
National Conferences — Regional Conference — Various Talks

All Files are MP3 Format; 10-75MB in size. If you have difficulty downloading a file please email lyle@renovare.us. That put, the files are quite large in size so it is going to take some time to download. Addtional Renovaré-connected audios are available for purchase.

COVENANT RETREATS back to top

July 21-25, 2010 Longing for God: Paths of Christian Devotion Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California The content inspiration for the conference was Gayle Beebe's and Richard J. Foster's book Longing for God. Talks are not available for download. They can be purchased from Christian Audio. Below are the talk titles and speakers.

A Longing to Understand	Chris Webb
A Longing for Intimacy and Union	Chris Simpson
A Longing to be Transformed	Chris Webb
A Longing for Life with God	Chris Simpson

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August 3-7, 2008 Living the Gospel Life: Walking with Jesus from Birth to Resurrection YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch Center, Winter Park, Colorado The content inspiration for the retreat was Jesus' invitation in Matthew 11:29: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

Walking with Jesus Into the Water: The Hidden Life and Baptism of Jesus	Trevor Hudson
Walking with Jesus in the Desert: The Temptations of Jesus	Peter Mutisya
Walking with Jesus Along with Others: The Call of Jesus to Discipleship	Peter Mutisya
Walking with Jesus Up and Down the Mountain: The Transfiguration of Jesus	Trevor Hudson
Walking with Jesus into Jerusalem: The Palm Sunday Events	Trevor Hudson
Walking with Jesus on the Downward Journey: The Footwashing	Trevor Hudson
Walking with Jesus to the Cross: The Good Friday Events	Peter Mutisya
Walking with Jesus Beyond the Tomb: The Easter Sunday Events	Foster & Webb

DENVER CONVERSATIONS back to top
The Burning Bush: Lectio Divina (November 2010): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Chris Webb
Contemplative Prayer (December 2010): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Chris Simpson
Contemplative Compassion: Creating a Culture of Care in Faith Communities (February 2011): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Sarah Butler Berlin
Using the Bible as a Devotional Resource (March 2011): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Brenda Quinn
Christian Formation (April 2011): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Howard Baker
Spiritual Gifts in Ministry: God's Subversive Plan for Spiritual Formation (May 2011): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Barb Russo
Sanctuary of the Soul (September 2011): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Richard Foster & Rob O'Neill
Sanctuary of the Soul (October 2011): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Richard J. Foster
Exploring the Seasons of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany (November 2011): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Valerie Hess
Teresa of Avila: Interior Work of the Spirit (January 2012): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Tom Ashbrook
Thomas Kelly: Life Centered on God's Presence (February 2012): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Chuck Orwiler
Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship and Community (March 2012): Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3	Mickey Cox

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES back to top

June 21-24, 2009 The Jesus Way: Recovering the Lost Content of Discipleship Municipal Auditorium & Hyatt Regency River Walk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, USA The content inspiration for the conference was Eugene Peterson's book The Jesus Way. General Sessions followed the chapters of the book and Workshops were on various spiritual practices and other aspects of intentional discipleship to Jesus. A special thank you to Harrell Teague, Anne Kiehle, and the planning committee for all of their hard work on this event! General Session and Workshop CDs and DVDs are not available for download. They can be purchased from RareSky (check the bottom of the page for the link).

General Sessions Include
The Jesus Way: What is it and why do I care?	Eugene Peterson
Faith: Abraham and The Jesus Way	Joshua Choonmin Kang
Imperfection: David and The Jesus Way	Chris Webb
Servanthood: Isaiah in the Exile and The Jesus Way	Dallas Willard
Worship: Elijah and The Jesus Way	Emilie Griffin
Holiness: Isaiah in Jerusalem and The Jesus Way	Robert Gelinas
Words: Moses and The Jesus Way	Richard J. Foster
Finding Your Jesus Way: Faith, Doubt, and Lifelong Discipleship	John Ortberg

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June 19-22, 2005 The With-God Life: The Dynamics of Scripture for Chrsitian Spiritual Trans^Formation Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA The content inspiration for the conference was the recently released The Life with God Bible (then titled The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible). General Sessions tied into major themes from The Life with God Bible and Workshops were on the use of Scripture as a devotional and intentional formation resource. A special thank you to Bud Sparling, Geoff Cragg, and the planning committee for all of their hard work on this event! General Session and Workshop CDs and DVDs can be purchased from RareSky (check the bottom of the page for the link).

General Sessions
Get a Life!: The With-God Life	Richard J. Foster
Plain People Lifted into God’s March Through Human History: The With-God Life Under the Hebrew Covenant	Dallas Willard
Never Without a Witness: The With-God Life in the Intertestamental Period	David deSilva
No Longer Alone: With God as Jesus in the Eternal Kingdom—Now: The With-God Life Under the New Covenant	Dallas Willard
Longing for God and the Quest for Meaning in Life: The With-God Life Through Christian History	Gayle Beebe
Walking Cheerfully Over the Earth in Fellowship with God: The With-God Life and the Individual Today	Glandion Carney
At Home with God: The With-God Life and the Family Today	Brenda Quinn
Being the People of God: The With-God Life and the Congregation Today	Todd Hunter
One Body, Many Members, All in Christ: The With-God Life and the Church Today	Michelle Lee
From Here to Eternity and Back Again—With God Forever: The With-God Life into Eternity	Virginia Stem Owens

*Workshops*
The With-God Life in Church Community Spiritual Formation Track
Experiencing the Trinity: The Trinitarian Community and Spiritual Formation	Larry Crabb
The New Testament Theology of the Church: The Foundation for the Spiritual Formation Community	Dallas Willard
Case Study Church #1: Church of the Open Door, Maple Grove, MN
Case Study Church #2: Oak Hills Church, Folsom, CA
Case Study Church #3: First Presbyterian Church of Golden, Golden, CO
Case Study Church #4: Golden Gate Community Church, San Francisco, CA
The Spiritual Formation Church: The Holy Spirit and Next Steps in Your Corporate Journey	Keith Meyer

Workshops on Spiritual Formation and Scripture
After 9/11: Scripture for Offering Comfort in Times of Insecurity	Randy MacFarland
Ancient Commentary: Reading the Scriptures with the Church Fathers	Tom Oden
And the Word Became Flesh: The Spirituality of the Gospel of John as a Key to Spiritual Formation	Chuck Orwiler
Are We There Yet?: Time and Space in John's Apocalypse	Virginia Stem Owens
Balm in Gilead: The Use of Scripture in the Redemption of Pain	Gay Hubbard
Chiseling into Brains of Stone: The Value of Scripture Memorization for Devotional Practice	Joshua Choonmin Kang
Chiseling into Brains of Stone: The Value of Scripture Memorization for Devotional Practice (in Korean)	Joshua Choonmin Kang
A Cloud of Witnesses: Great Personalities of Scripture	Brenda Quinn
Come and See: Helping Your Congregation Take Hold of the With-God Life	Margaret & Justin Campbell
Companion on the Journey: The Lord's Prayer and Living the Gospel	Vie Thorgren
Encountering Our Intimate Lover: Meditating On the Living Word	Brian Kang
Encountering Our Intimate Lover: Meditating On the Living Word (in Korean)	Brian Kang
Following His Calls: Recognizing God's Life Invitations in Scripture and Tradition	Michael J. Sheeran, SJ
From Schweitzer to The Da Vinci Code: The Perils and Promise of the Quest for the Historical Jesus	Lyle SmithGraybeal
Go to the Ant, You Lazybones: Spiritual Formation Sound-Bytes from Proverbs	Emilie Griffin
Habits of the Mind, Habits of the Soul: On the Integration of Faith, the Life of the Mind, and the Expression of Art	Donn Thomas
Healing Word, Healing Touch: Scripture and Healing Ministry	William Vaswig
Hearing God Speak: Using the Dynamics of Scripture to Cultivate Intimacy with God	Juanita Rasmus
How to Eat Your Bible: God's Word as Food for Your Soul	Joel Warne
Imagining the Text: St. Ignatius and Visualizing Scripture	Howard Baker
In and Out of the Desert: Listening to Scripture in the Tradition of the Desert Mothers and Fathers	Christopher Hall
Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance	David deSilva
Is What I Heard Really What God Said?: Feeding the Soul Using Commonsense Principles of Biblical Interpretation	Barbara Musselman
It's the Heart That Matters: What the Bible Says on the Formation of the Heart	Bud Sparling
Jeremiah: The Weeping Prophet and the Growth of the Soul	Andrew Hill
Jesus and the Mastery of Scripture: Internalizing, Ethics, and Transformation	Glandion Carney
Jesus as Savior, Teacher, Lord, and Friend: The Reliability of the Canonical Gospels	Craig Blomberg
The Jogging Monk: Scripture and the Exegesis of the Heart	James Bryan Smith
Just Kidding!: Applying Scripture to the Spiritual Formation of Kids	Paula Frost
Lectio Divina: Reading Scripture for Spiritual Formation	Chris Simpson
Living the Word: Applying the Bible to Daily Living Through the Devotional Reading of Scripture	Siang Yang Tan
Living the Word: Spiritual Formation Traps and Breakthroughs	Robert Howey w/ Gary Waller
Loving God and Leading People: The Role of the Spiritual Disciplines in Leadership	Gayle Beebe
Making the Bible Heard: Transforming the Culture Using Media, Arts, Politics and Education	James Catford
Mission without an Airplane Ride: Understanding the Postmodern Church	Todd Hunter
Moving From Deception to Freedom: Allowing Scripture to Penetrate and Display the Thoughts and Attitudes of the Heart	Eddie Parish
My Kid Meditate?!?!: The Disciplines of Christian Meditation and Study for Young People	Valerie Hess
Mystery, Loss, and Hope: Rediscovering the Spirituality of Job	Bill Long
The Narrative of the Divine Life: The Return of the Spirit	Michael Glerup
One Body in Christ: Paul's Letters and Church as Community	Michelle Lee
Orientation, Disorientation, and Reorientation: Peter's Grace Filled Journey of Faith	Bruce Demarest
A Path to Intimacy with God: Scripture and Intercessory Prayer	Gayle Withnell
People of Praise: Embracing the Witness to Worship in Scripture and History	George Skramstad
Praying the Scriptures: A Field Guide for Your Spiritual Journey	Evan Howard
Psalm 23: Walking with the Good Shepherd	William Gaultiere
Saying Yes to God: Reclaiming the Scriptural Portrait of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and Giving God Our Yes	Barbara Jones
Scripture and the People of God: Breaking the Clergy/Laity Divide by Getting Rid of the Words	Harry Heintz
Seeing the Bible's Big Picture: Aligning our Spiritual Journey with God's Plan for History	Jon Hardin
Sitting at the Feet of the Masters: Recapturing the Spirituality of the Wisdom Literature for Postmoderns	Donna Ames
The Sound of Dry Bones Rattling: Preaching as Congregational Immersion in the With-God Life	Ed Searcy
Telling Stories: Scripture, Storytelling and Spiritual Formation	Marti Ensign
The With-God Life: 15 With-God Scriptural Expressions as Presented in The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible	Lynda Graybeal
The Word that Heals: Caring Ministry, Caring Churches, and the Use of Scripture	Sarah Berlin

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June 30-July 3, 1999 The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, USA The content inspiration for the conference was Dallas Willard's book The Divine Conspiracy. General Sessions followed the chapters of the book and Workshops were on various aspects of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. A special thank you to Margaret Campbell and the planning committee for all of their hard work on this event!

General Sessions
Living the Divine Conspiracy	Dallas Willard
Discipleship: Beyond Sin Management	Roger Fredrikson
God Wants To Be Seen	Dallas Willard
Everyone Wants the Good Life	Marti Ensign
The Kingdom Heart of Agape Love in the Holy Spirit	Siang Yang Tan
Nourishing the Inner Life	Donn Thomas
Doorways Into the Prayerful Life	Emilie Griffin
Whose Disciple Are You?	James Bryan Smith
The Ways and Means of Grace	Richard J. Foster
. . . and the Life Everlasting	Bill Vaswig

Workshops
Pre-Conference
Renovaré: Balanced Vision and Practical Strategy	Griffin & Smith
Organizing a Renovaré Regional Conference	Campbell & Downey
Spiritual Formation in the Local Congregation	Ensign & Fredrikson
Sermon on the Mount
A Curriculum for Christlikeness in the Marketplace	Robert Howey
Being Attentive to Anger Before God: Matt. 5:21-26	Jan Johnson
Beyond Anxiety: Spiritual Transformation and the Sermon on the Mount	Emilie Griffin
Building Your Life on the Rock: Matt. 7:24-27	Siang Yang Tan
Christian Community Life in Light of the Sermon on the Mount: Matt. 5:22-26, 38-48	Daniel Vestal
Extreme Love and the Pursuit of Perfection: Matt. 5:43-48	Duane Brooks
Guess Who's Blessed?: Matt. 5:1-12	James Bryan Smith
Honest Asking: Matt. 7:7-11	Gayle Withnell
Intentional Apprenticeship: Matt. 7:13-14	Glandion Carney
Kingdom Worship: The Premise and Practice of Heart Renewal	George Skramstad
Leadership with Character: Matt. 7:15-19	Vincent Uher
Prayer in the 21st Century	Suzette Caldwell
Purity of Heart: Matt. 6:22-23	Jeanie Miley
Spiritual Aerobics: Matt. 6:16-18	Donn Thomas
Spirituality and Sexuality: Matt. 5:27-28	Father William Young
Taming the Tongue: Matt. 5:21-22	Betty Tapscott
The Church Living Out the Sermon on the Mount	Roger Fredrikson
The Discipline of Prayer: Matt. 6:5-13;7:1-12	Juanita Rasmus
The Discipline of Silence: Matt. 6:5-6	Joe Roher
The Lord's Prayer: Matt. 6:7-13	Bill Vaswig
Trust and Simplicity: Matt. 6:25-29	Sister Janice Bemowski
Walking in the Light: The Discipline of Confession: Matt. 5:23-24; 1 John 1:7	Marti Ensign
Who Are Christ's True Disciples?: Matt. 5:13-16	Rodney Woo
Who Gets the Glory?: Matt. 6:1-4, 5-6, 16-18	Kristin Huffman
Sermon on the Mount (In Spanish)
Amando sin Juzgar: Mateo 7:1-6	Gerardo Cárdenas
Buscando Primeramente el Reino de Dios	Wladimir Cárdenas
El Padre Nuestro y Sus Prioridades	Rubén Pérez
El Sermón del Monte es para hoy?: Mateo 5-7	Magda Hermida

NATIONAL CONFERENCES back to top

October 3-4, 2008 Life with God: Celebrating Lifelong Discipleship Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas The content inspiration for the conference was the 30th Anniversary of Richard J. Foster's book Celebration of Discipline and the release of Life with God. A special thank you to Margaret Campbell and the planning committee for all of their hard work on this event! General Session and Workshop CDs are not available for download. They can be purchased from RareSky (check the bottom of the page for the link).

*General Sessions Include*
What to Do After You Decide to Do What Jesus Said to Do: Did You Decide to Do That?	Dallas Willard
Trusting Jesus: If We're Saved by Grace then Why Should We Do Anything?	John Ortberg
Trinitarian Spirituality for Everyday Christianity	Lauren Winner
I'm Not a Social Activist: Making Jesus the Focus of Our Life in the World	Ron Sider
Spiritual Formation: Discerning the Next Thirty Years	Richard J. Foster

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October 23-26, 1991 Renovaré: Where New Life Begins Lake Avenue Congregational Church, Pasadena, California

General Sessions
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Workshops
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November 9-11, 1989 Renovaré: Where New Life Begins Central Community Church, Wichita, Kansas

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REGIONAL CONFERENCE back to top

March 2-3, 2007 Renovaré Regional Conference w/ Richard J. Foster and John Ortberg Anastasia Baptist Church, St. Augustine, Florida
Session 1: Grace	John Ortberg
Session 2: Transforming Grace	Richard J. Foster
Session 3: Balanced Vision	Foster & Ortberg
Session 4: Practical Strategy	Richard J. Foster
Session 5: Q&A & Jesus' Grand Invitation of Grace	Foster & Ortberg
Extra: A History of Worship	George Skramstad

VARIOUS TALKS back to top

Fasting: 21st Century Style	Richard J. Foster
The Illusion of the One Minute Christian	John Ortberg
The Nature of God's Kingdom: A Reign of Grace	Dallas Willard
The Role of Faith in Prayer	Dallas Willard
The Virtuous Life: The Substance of Holiness	Dallas Willard
What I Learned from Open Heart Surgery	Bill Vaswig