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June 12, 2020 Learning to Listen "If we real­ly want to be a coun­ter­cul­tur­al peo­ple,” Richard Foster remarked in his final talk given two years ago this week, “I sug­gest first of all that we sim­ply ‘shut up and lis­ten.’ We…

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September 20, 2019 Redeemed Pain And then, if healing delays, we choose to be present without platitudes or presumption to those who are in pain, as Richard Foster encourages. And though these words are probably best unspoken to the…

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February 9, 2018 Freedom from Needing My Own Way Spiritual disciplines aren’t the point—God is. As we celebrate Celebration of Discipline’s 40th anniversary, we begin with Submission, learning the joy of surrendering to God’s will.

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March 9, 2018 Christian Meditation: Filling, Not Emptying Christian meditation focuses on filling our minds with what is good, lovely, and true rather than emptying them, as Archbishop Anthony Bloom describes it as 'straight thinking under God's guidance.'

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August 25, 2023 Awakening Effect A great book can have a similar awakening effect. It can settle the anxious soul and unsettle the complacent one. It can open a fresh perspective and loose a tongue-tied heart. It can ignite a fire…

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August 4, 2023 The Work of Disciples Everyone else around Jesus seemed to be working against his movement toward the cross—trying to stop him because they thought it wasn't good for him (or for them). Well, maybe Mary was the one person…

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October 18, 2019 Learning to See Seeing—really seeing, first-hand seeing—is necessary for compassion; and compassion leads, if we're willing, to action.

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February 23, 2018 Screwtape, Self-hate, and True Submission Richard Foster distinguishes between self-contempt and true self-denial, showing how submission to God brings freedom rather than self-hatred.

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June 12, 2020 Link Correction: Learning to Listen "If we real­ly want to be a coun­ter­cul­tur­al peo­ple,” Richard Foster remarked in his final talk given two years ago this week, “I sug­gest first of all that we sim­ply ‘shut up and lis­ten.’ We…

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September 30, 2022 The Beauty, Wisdom, and Power of Restraint And some of the most culturally transformative movements have been led by those, like Martin Luther King, Jr., who modeled costly restraint from anger and violence.c

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February 8, 2019 Joy-Strength Like love and peace, joy is a fruit of the Spirit. Duct taping an apple to a stick doesn’t make it an apple tree. Likewise, joy can’t be tacked on. It has to be cultivated and grown. How?…