article

The Grace of Giving ​Looking at one of the most practical ways to experience the "blessing of blessing," Richard Foster prescribes a "lavish and joyful giving" as the antidote to low spiritual vitality, dusty words, and…

article

For the Love of God The radical aim of the Desert Fathers and Mothers What were the rules and hardships of desert monasticism all about? The point of spiritual discipline—then and now—is cultivating love for God and others.

article

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Secrecy We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Scripture refers often to the idea of a holy secrecy, which is "Consciously refraining from having our good…

article

A Fasting on Criticalness Through fasting from criticalness, Catherine Marshall discovered the negative thinking that blocked creativity, love, goodwill, and mercy.

article

A People, Transforming Excerpt from Worth Celebrating Mimi Dixon writes about the swelling influence of Celebration of Discipline: “Individuals from every race and nation and tongue and stratum of society were joining hearts and hands and minds and…

article

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Worship The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to worship.

article

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Fasting We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. From the earliest days of Israel through Revelation, God has used fasting as a way to draw his people near.

article

Finishing Well What are the characteristics of those who finish well? This essay offers guidelines for nurturing faithfulness, goodness, and joy "to the end."

article

Turning Toward God with Intention Explore the history behind Lent's triad of invitations with Wheaton professor and author, Esau McCaulley.

article

Becoming Like Jesus: Virtuous Life "Jesus shows us how to embrace a life that is abundant and full, a life of integrity and wholeness, a life surrendered to love," writes Chris Webb. "This is the way of holiness; Christ invites you to…

article

The Peaceable War of the Lamb In the essay from the archives, Richard Foster explains how Jesus, our commander and our chief, calls us into a spiritual warfare that will profoundly impact the social order on every conceivable…

article

A Blueprint for Christian Community Building a Rhythm of Life Together How can we "create a context for following Christ" in our churches? Chris Webb looks at the way communities can carefully construct rhythms, values, and commitments that support spiritual development.