service

Service
The many little deaths of going beyond ourselves which produces in us the virtue of humility.

While the discipline of service has a wide array of manifestations, from hospitality to listening and many beyond, at the center is found a contentment in hiddenness, indiscriminancy, and a pattern of service as a lifestyle. A person choosing to serve will find tremendous freedom in giving up the need to be in charge.

True service builds community. It quietly and unpretentiously goes about caring for the needs of others. It draws, binds, heals, builds.
~ Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

ARTICLES
Renovaré Articles
Rhythms of Life: Community	Explorations 1/2	print
Rhythms of Life: Seasons	Explorations 1/3	print
Reformation of the Heart: The Idols of Our Day	Heart-to-Heart Pastoral Letter 6/2000	read \| print
Exploring the Renovaré Covenant	Heart-to-Heart Pastoral Letter 11/2002	read \| print
On Christian Spiritual Formation	Heart-to-Heart Pastoral Letter 5/2003	read \| print
A Movement Not a Monument	Heart-to-Heart Pastoral Letter 5/2004	read \| print
Into the Future: Four Daring Proposals	Heart-to-Heart Pastoral Letter 5/2005	read \| print
Spiritual Formation: Maturing the Modern Movement	Heart-to-Heart Pastoral Letter 11/2006	read \| print
The Movement of God	Perspective Newsletter 2/3	read \| print
The Importance of Insignificance	Perspective Newsletter 4/3	read \| print
Celebration of Discipline	Perspective Newsletter 8/1	read \| print
On The Imitation of Christ	Perspective Newsletter 11/1	read \| print
Becoming Like Christ	Perspective Newsletter 12/2	read \| print
Embracing Suffering	Perspective Newsletter 16/1	read \| print
Money and the Spiritual Life	Perspective Newsletter 17/1	read \| print