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Humility, the Root of Virtue This excerpt from Richard Foster's new book on a "vanishing virtue" explores the hidden opportunities in our daily lives to learn about and practice a humble way of being.

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Understanding Prayer "Just like a little child can never draw a bad picture, so a child of God can never utter a bad prayer." Richard Foster explores the discipline through which God welcomes, embraces, and changes us.

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Consecration From How to Fast  "One decisive yes in fasting is a definitive no to anything in our thoughts, attitudes, and appetites misaligned with Him," writes Reward Sibanda.

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A Continuous Conversation Heart to Heart with God Frank Laubach learned to carry on silent conversation with God throughout the day while seeing other people "through God, using God as my glasses, colored with his love for them."

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Lilias Trotter: Contemplative, Artist, Missionary Shaped by service and contemplative prayer, her life was a work of art. She was one of the greatest artists the world has never known, one who had a new way of seeing the world. Lilias Trotter turned down an offer to become a legendary painter, choosing instead to follow…

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Prayers for Times of Calamity When we have no words, short written prayers can help us bring our heartache to God. From David Taylor's Prayers for the Pilgrimage: A Book of Collects for All of Life we share “Against Raging…

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Helping Children Notice God Cooperating with the movement of the Spirit in children’s lives Lacy Finn Borgo offers practical steps adults can take to help children notice God's presence and to draw them deeper into the goodness, beauty, and truth of the with-God life.

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Lord, Teach Us to Pray Knowing how to pray is not automatic, but we have a Good Teacher. Andrew Murray's 1885 book invites readers to "permanently enroll our names in that school, which He always keeps open"—the school of…

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A Holy Inactivity Could inactivity, in the company of the Good Shepherd, be holy? Brother Lawrence takes us into the practice of the presence of God with this excerpt from his writings.

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Defining The Contemplative Tradition: The Prayer-Filled Life "The two most common words used to describe the contemplative way of life are fire and love. Purging, purifying fire. Enveloping, comforting love." In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water,…

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Living at the Speed of Jesus Katelyn Dixon disarms "false visions of the good life" with the beautiful life of Jesus—a Spirit-paced life of obedience and attentiveness.

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The First Thing Necessary for Salvation Approaching the Lord With An Honest Heart In a piece that helps us reexamine what evangelism means, Watchman Nee writes, "We are not required—in the first place—to believe, or to repent... we are required only to approach the Lord with an…