Renovation of the Heart In Daily Practice

Life-Changing Experiments in Spiritual Transformation based on Dallas Willard's best-selling Book.

Spiritual director Jan Johnson guides you through sixty-one carefully chosen selections from renowned author Dallas Willard's best-selling book Renovation of the Heart. With each selection, you'll progress through Dr. Willard's plan for renovating the complete person. You'll find fresh illumination for your journey as you enjoy the adventure of Jan Johnson's experiments in spirititual transformation.

Ideal for personal meditation or for use as a transformational retreat book (see retreat suggestions in the back), this book will guide you deeper into the heart of God while renewing your own.

Dr. Dallas Willard, professor and former director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, is the author of more than thirty works, including The Divine Conspiracy and The Spirit of the Disciplines.

Jan Johnson is a popular retreat leader and spiritual director and has written more than fifteen books, including Enjoying the Presence of God, Savoring God's Word, and Hearing God Through the Year.

1. Kingdom Possibilities
2. No Unsolvable Puzzle
3. Change Me on the Inside
4. Trying to Be Good
5. Who We Are, Not How We Act
6. The Heart of Me
7. Interplay of Will, Thoughts, and Feelings
8. The Loudest Voice Within Me
9. Possessing the Land
10. Ruined Souls
11. God Being God
12. The Soul's Lostness
13. Wanting That Different Kind of Life
14. Foundation for Spiritual Formation
15. What "Death to Self" Looks Like
16. Standing for the Right Without Egotism
17. What Is Our Plan?
18. VIM: Vision of Life in the Kingdom
19. VIM: Intention
20. VIM: Means
21. Our First Freedom
22. Ideas: From Dark to Light
23. Images: Ideas Pictured
24. Information and the Ability to Think
25. Crucial Role of Good Thinking
26. God's Thoughts in You
27. Mastered by Feelings
28. Hidden Dynamics of Feelings
29. The Power of the "Mood"
30. Feelings of the Spiritually Transformed Person
31. A Person of Joy and Peace
32. Next Steps Toward Love, Joy, and Peace
33. Changing the Character
34. The Splintered Will
35. The Vivid and Eternal Drama of God
36. How Disciplines Help
37. The Body's Role in Spiritual Formation
38. Retraining the Body
39. Releasing the Body to God
40. Misuses of the Body
41. Sabbath Moments
42. Formation Is Not Private
43. Reciprocal Rootedness in Others
44. How Lovelessness Works
45. Letting Go of Attack and Withdrawl
46. Steps Toward Genuine Love
47. Integrating the Dimensions of the Self
48. The Depths of Our Being
49. The Cries of the Soul
50. Abandoning Outcomes
51. The Sweetness of the Law
52. Children of Light
53. What Children of Light Are Like
54. Progression of Spiritual Growth
55. To BE Children of Light Now
56. The Distracted Church
57. The Costs of Nondiscipleship
58. God's Plan for Spiritual Formation
59. Stage One: Making Apprentices
60. Arranging for Transformation
61. Moving Forward