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The Danger of Spiritual Disciplines

Disciplines of the spiritual life put us in a place where we can experience inner transformation as a gift. Richard Foster warns of pitfalls that can hinder our way.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured April 1, 2022 (Original Feb 1983 )
Potter

Reform our Deformed Lives

This prayer from the book Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth by Walter Brueggemann helps us boldly open ourselves to God’s liberating, healing, reforming grace.
Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann
Featured April 1, 2022 (Original Nov 2024 )
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The Purpose of Fasting

In this excerpt from Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster helps us see that “fasting must forever center on God. It must be God-initiated and God-ordained.”
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured March 31, 2022 (Original Dec 1977 )
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To Will One Thing

Søren Kierkegaard’s prayers and the accompanying exercises from Devotional Classics help us learn to seek God’s agenda ahead of our own.
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
Featured March 22, 2022 (Original Jun 2005 )
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Sinking into the Will of God

François Fénelon offers insight into what it means to truly surrender to God. He advises caution, lest we make submission an achievement, rather than a journey toward the peace of sinking into God’s will.
François Fénelon
François Fénelon
Featured March 22, 2022 (Original Nov 2024 )
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A Lifestyle of Discernment

How do we walk through this life with our eyes and ears open to God and hearts tuned to God’s desires? Steve Macchia uses a familiar scripture to illustrate how we can cultivate a life of noticing, listening, and responding—a discerning life.
Steve Macchia
Steve Macchia
Featured March 21, 2022 (Original Mar 2022 )
Guidance

Understanding Guidance

What is the spiritual discipline of guidance, and how can we fine-tune our hearts to receive what God is giving us? Richard Foster gives us a short introduction.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured March 21, 2022 (Original Nov 2024 )
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Coming In Out of the Wind

A classic excerpt from C.S. Lewis on the transformational imperative of true discipleship. That which is below the surface—our minds and spirits— must be placed under the renewing influence of the Trinity.
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Featured March 14, 2022 (Original Jan 1952 )
Halo

Stop Trying to Be Good

A chapter from Jan Johnson’s book Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice explains the difference between behavior modification and true goodness that the Holy Spirit cultivates in us.
Jan Johnson
Jan Johnson
Featured March 13, 2022 (Original Sep 2006 )
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The Prayer of Suffering

Richard Foster invites us to “voluntarily take into ourselves the griefs and sorrows of others in order to set them free” in this chapter from his book Prayer.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured March 10, 2022 (Original Aug 1992 )