266 episodes

A 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.

Life with God: A Renovaré Podcast Renovaré

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.7 • 305 Ratings

A 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.

    Matthew Clark — The Gift of Truth

    Matthew Clark — The Gift of Truth

    Matthew Clark joined Nate in-person to tape this week's podcast conversation on the topic of truth — truthful storytelling, truthful music, true relationships and true worship. 
    Visit Matthew Clark's website.
    Books by Matthew Clark

    Tale of Two Trees  
    Only The Lover Sings 
    Find Matthew's music on Spotify and Apple
    Matthew's Podcast — One Thousand Words: Stories Along the Way

    • 44 min
    Sally Kendrick — The Gift of Creating

    Sally Kendrick — The Gift of Creating

    Printmaker Sally Kendrick talks with Nate about the creative act of finding and printing specimens from nature as a way of cultivating "openness to the presence of God and willingness to receive the love of God." 
    Sally Kendrick is a Maryland-based photographer with Carolina roots. She began experimenting with cyanotypes as a way of cultivating a habit of attentiveness to the beauty in the natural world around her. 

    Read Sally's essay "Attention Grows into Love" on renovare.org.

    True Impressions: Daily Prayers (artwork by Sally Kendrick) available for purchase or for free download.
    Sally has graciously offered some of her cyanotypes as downloads that can be printed locally.
    You can connect with Sally on Instagram at @turkeycreekprints.

    • 27 min
    Sarah Clarkson — The Gift of Beauty

    Sarah Clarkson — The Gift of Beauty

    Sarah Clarkson spoke with Nathan Foster from her home in the UK about her experiences with grief and fear and the way God has been restoring faith, hope, and love in her life through the gift of beauty.
    Sarah's Website: https://sarahclarkson.com
    Books by Sarah:This Beautiful Truth: How God's Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness
    Book Girl: A Journey Through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life
    Caught Up in a Story: Fostering a Storyformed Life of Great Books & Imagination with Your Children
    The Life Giving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming

    • 30 min
    Mark Buchanan — The Healing Gift of Nature

    Mark Buchanan — The Healing Gift of Nature

    Mark Buchanan, author of God Walk: Moving at the Speed of your Soul, talks with Nate about the restorative gifts of God available to us in natural world.
    Books by Mark Buchanan 

    God Walk: Moving at the Speed of your Soul
    David: Rise
    David: Reign
    The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath
    Your God is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control 
    Visit Mark’s website 
    Renovaré resources with Mark Buchanan

    Webinar: Good Grief

    Article: “Being More Pedestrian”

    • 24 min
    Katelyn J. Dixon — The Healing Gift of Writing

    Katelyn J. Dixon — The Healing Gift of Writing

    The Renovaré Podcast with Nathan Foster returns with new episodes and a new name... Life with God. The next several episodes center the conversation around things that restore our souls—places of connection to God and gifts from the Lord that bring us inward healing. Katelyn Dixon leads off the series by looking at the creative act of writing as spiritual healing.

    Read Katelyn's writing on Renovare.org
    Visit Katelyn's website

    • 28 min
    Meditation on Psalm 131 (Encore Series)

    Meditation on Psalm 131 (Encore Series)

    A 20-minute meditation—an audio retreat—on Psalm 131. Put on some headphones, find a comfortable spot, and let your soul be quieted. This episode is a collaboration with Joshua Banner from The Invitation Podcast (invitationpodcast.org).

    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
305 Ratings

305 Ratings

Dlgtemp ,

Great podcast

This podcast is a favorite. It always offers words of wisdom and encouragement. Thank you

LRTrog ,

So much comfort and authenticity

Thank you for this place of solace! I appreciate it!

NP Explorer ,

Brings me peace

Thank you for these wonderful podcasts and welcome back, Nathan. I appreciated your introduction at the beginning. You beautifully put into words some of the same difficult struggles I have been going through the last couple of years. It brought me peace to identify the emotions and realize that this is part of life and God can use it for my good.

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