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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…

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Understanding Solitude and Silence "Solitude empowers us to walk away from all human pretense and manipulation." Richard Foster gives us a clear snapshot of this vital spiritual discipline.

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Understanding Submission How does Jesus call us to follow him not only to a "cross death" but a "cross life"? How can we only be truly free when we are captives of the Lord? Richard Foster introduces us to the spiritual…

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An Everyday Experiment in Hearing God Found in archives dated shortly after the publication of Celebration of Discipline, these honest journal entries from Richard Foster provide a helpful window into a daily experiment​ with listening…

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Abiding Is Everything Heart to Heart May 1997 As the rising popularity of spiritual formation inevitably "dumbs down" its core concepts, Richard Foster answers the need for clarity and depth in this Heart to Heart letter about the formation…

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What Your Soul Needs An excerpt from James Bryan Smith's newest book takes a look at how God restores the human soul.

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Understanding Simplicity "Simplicity is an inward reality that results in an outward lifestyle. Both are necessary. " Richard Foster explains why.

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The Six Streams and Hope for a New Reformation Nathan Foster imagines a new reformation within the Body of Christ, one grounded in the ecumenical embrace of the six historical movements, or streams, in church history.

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A Conversation with Dallas Willard About Renovation of the Heart In Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard hoped to offer readers "a picture of the dimensions of their own life and how they fit together and how they can be made to work toward the end of glory…

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Understanding Celebration Richard Foster shares how celebration prevents the spiritual disciplines from deteriorating into soul-killing legalisms and saves us from taking ourselves too seriously.

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The Christian’s Authority to Forgive Sin "The followers of Jesus Christ have been given the authority to receive the confession of sin and to forgive it in his name." Richard Foster unpacks the privilege and power of confession in this …

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A Life More Abundant Richard Foster delineates the difference between physical life (bios) and spiritual life (zoë) in Scripture. This spiritual life in Christ is not only more abundant, it is indestructible.