{"id":109,"date":"2009-06-22T14:15:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T14:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/06\/renovare-international-conference-on-spiritual-formation.html"},"modified":"2009-06-22T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T14:15:37","slug":"renovare-international-conference-on-spiritual-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/06\/renovare-international-conference-on-spiritual-formation.html","title":{"rendered":"RENOVARE&#8217; International Conference on Spiritual Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#039;m here in San Antonio for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renovare.org\/journey_events_2009ic.htm\" target=\"_blank\">RENOVARE&#039; International Conference<\/a>. &#160;It&#039;s hot and humid&#8230;but oh so worth it to hear from Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, John Ortberg, Max Lucado and Eugene Peterson. &#160;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Today I had the&#160;privilege&#160;of speaking about the subject of my book, Finding the Groove, and tomorrow I will share with the conference during the general session.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Stay in the groove,<\/div>\n<div>robert<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#039;m here in San Antonio for the RENOVARE&#039; 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