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Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024
Woman Comforting Another

Sitting with Suffering

How do we address the suffering of others? What can we say or do to alleviate their pain? Richard Foster offers some wise words on the spiritual practice of presence that will help fill their seasons of grief and tragedy with healing and grace.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024
Friends Pray

My Friends Had Become My Prayer
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024
03 20 Breaking Bread

How We Pray for Daily Bread

​Trusting God fully means learning to ask for our bread, day by day. To those of us who live in a world of efficient farming, industrial bakeries, and super-sized grocery stores, asking for our daily bread may seem a quaint, too trivial petition. Not so, says Richard Foster in this excerpt.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024

The Sanctity of the Ordinary
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024

The Prayer of Relinquishment
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024

The Gift of Tears
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 24, 2024
Elk Under Trees

Walking in the Power of God

Quaker founder George Fox wrote over three thousand letters, mostly to groups. These tender, practical letters display a full range of pastoral concern. These selections provide a glimpse into Fox’s loving call to confident and complete Christian living.
George Fox
George Fox
November 24, 2024
Man Waiving White Flag

The Joy of Self-Denial

John Calvin believed healthy self-denial was essential in the life of every Christian. “If we want ease and tranquility,” he writes, “we should resign ourselves and all that we have to the will of God.”
John Calvin
John Calvin
November 24, 2024
Graduate Balancing

How to Balance the Intellectual Life with the Spiritual Life

Sometimes the intellectual life and spiritual life are needlessly pitted against one another. In this classic commencement speech, Dallas Willard commends us to love God with all our mind.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
November 24, 2024