This classic guide to prayer and spiritual growth espouses the belief that, through meditation, fasting, study, worship, solitude, and confession, we can shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives."
52 readings from classic Christian devotional writers, such as Julian of Norwich, C.S. Lewis, Augustine and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Each is accompanied by an introduction and meditation by Foster, and features Bible passages, discussion questions, group exercises and suggested further readings.
Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer.
Richard Foster expounds on his introduction to the successful "Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible" and his concept of the "with-God life," showing how all of Scripture is unified around the theme of how to have a vibrant and dynamic life with God. For Foster, the with-God life concept allows the "river of life that flows through the Bible into the ...
Richard J. Foster provides a series of brief, incisive essays that expand the discussion begun in Celebration of Discipline, focus and clarify key issues, and encourage a fuller understanding and practice of the spiritual disciplines.
For those who want to develop a deeper, more joyful inner life through the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines, this combination journal-workbook, designed for use by both individuals and groups, features spiritual reflections and journaling exercises for one full year. An indispensable companion to Foster's Celebration of Discipline which ...
The Brightest Lights of the Christian Tradition St. Augustine, Thomas Merton, Fredrick Buechner, Evelyn Underhill, A.W. Tozer, G.K. Chesterton, Thomas More, Martin Luther King, Jr., Amy Carmichael, Simone Weil, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hildegard of Bingen, John Milton, Dorothy Day, Leo Tolstoy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and more. . . From ...
A guidebook for creating a Spiritual Formation Group includes information about the six major spiritual dimensions, based on the life of Christ and the traditions of the Church. Reprint.
In this landmark work, Foster examines the "streams of living water" - the six dimensions of faith and practice that define Christian tradition. He lifts up the enduring character of each tradition in the midst of constantly evolving faith and shows how a variety of practices, from individual study and retreat to disciplines of service and ...
"The author's words on how giving can bring authenticity and vitality to a devotional experience are important to hear in this day in which once again there is increaded emphasis on spiritual formation and devotional exercises".--Christian Century
The author encourages a joyous, affirming, selfless abandonment to God. By entering into such active contemplation and facing ourselves honestly and openly, the author assures us, we can achieve the comfort and fulfillment of a life suffused with grace.
Richard Foster and Gayle Beebe, both experienced leaders in spiritual formation, introduce you to people from the past who have known God deeply. Each person helps you to grasp one of the seven primary paths to intimacy with God that have been developed throughout Christian history.
In this warm and inviting guide to creating a more human style of living, Foster guides readers on the simple path toward finding God by learning to listen, to give, to understand, to show compassion, and to accept what they already have.
This guide explores how God has communicated with individuals in the Bible and throughout history. From Adam and Eve's direct contact with God in "Genesis" 1-11 to Jacob's wrestling with God, from hearing God through visions and dreams like Teresa of Avila to experiencing communion with God through nature like Francis of Assisi, this guide will ...
Many Christians have a hunger for God that their own tradition seems unable to fully satisfy. While keeping the Bible as his touchstone, the author,Richard Foster, has discovered how other historical strands can offer additional food for the spiritual journey. He celebrates the riches of the Christian experience today. While Evangelicals live a ...
Written in a warm, accessible style, "Freedom of Simplicity" articulates a creative, more human style of living and points the way for Christians to make their lives "models of simplicity." Foster provides a way to rethink priorities and to "seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness." He shows how to live in harmony with the rich complexity ...
This classic treatise on prayer by one of Norway's leading Christian teachers and devotional writers is a practical and trustworthy guide into a life of friendship with God.
Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms-from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions, and shows the way into prayers of contemplation, ...
This book is a comprehensive, profound and immediately accessible book which opens the way for all to increase their understanding and develop their practice of prayer. Richard Foster explores the riches of the historical classics of prayer as well as his own personal experience. No one who reads Prayer will remain unmoved; all will find ...
This guide explores the true meaning of "Immanuel"--what it means to have had God come down and abide on Earth. Learning to abide in Christ and dwell constantly in his grace and love is an essential step in true discipleship.
From the author of "Seeking the Kingdom", this collection of prayers offers encouragement to seek God in the bustle of everyday life and gives a promise that He will be found.
When thinking about the Christian life, two things stand out: prayer and worship. This guide, which focuses deeply on the Psalms which often are considered the prayer book of the Bible, illuminates new ways to understand the life of prayer and worship, and how growing these two elements of faith life being one close to God.
Foreword by Richard Foster Written under the guidance of Richard Foster, the Spiritual Formation Workbook is a companion on the journey to spiritual growth. It outlines, in practical ways, how to develop a Christian life and is central to Richard Foster's Renovare teaching about renewal. Christian unity around the teaching and authority of the ...
Filled with key passages from many of his bestselling books along with thoughtful reflections, Seeking the Kingdom presents Foster's wise counsel and direction throughout its three main sections--moving inward, moving upward and moving outward. Entries encompass such topics as Stillness and Worship, Corporate Guidance and What Stops Us from ...
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