In-Depth Answers to Ten Big Questions About Spiritual Formation
In the fall of 1999, a small group of Christian teachers—including Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, Eugene Peterson, and Gayle Beebe—retreated in Colorado together to prayerfully reflect on the meaning and prospects of Christian spiritual formation today.
Featured April 30, 2021 (Original Oct 1999 )
Safe to Celebrate
Lacy Borgo helps us learn why children are always ready to celebrate, and how we can become the same.
Featured April 23, 2021 (Original Nov 2013 )
Simple Words of Gratitude
Forty years ago, Richard Foster wrote a reflection upon an afternoon with his son, Nathan. It is a timeless offering on the importance of gratitude.
Featured April 23, 2021 (Original Oct 1977 )
Selfish Care, Self-Care, and Soul Care—What’s the Difference?
Part of the discipline of submission is recognizing our limitations and caring for our souls. Nathan Foster says soul care is when “we simply place ourselves in a position for God to care for us, attend to our souls, and let his agenda supersede ours.”
Featured April 16, 2021 (Original Jan 2016 )
Hearing and Obeying
With straightforward clarity, Richard Foster explains that “Christian meditation, very simply, is the ability to hear God’s voice and obey his word. It is that simple.”
Featured November 13, 2020 (Original Jan 1978 )
The Sustaining Bread of Self-Knowledge
Richard Foster joins us to share (with the help of Teresa of Ávila) why the Prayer of Examen is essential to self-knowledge and why self-knowledge is essential to spiritual health. An excerpt from Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home.
Featured April 29, 2020 (Original Sep 1992 )
Lessons From the Trees
Nathan Foster explores how trees teach us how to grow slow, root deep, and wait with patience for the resurrection of spring.
Featured March 15, 2019 (Original Mar 2016 )