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Understanding Service "Of all the spiritual disciplines, service is the most conducive to the growth of the grace of humility within us." Richard Foster explains why in this snapshot of Service.

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Universalism’s Fatal Flaw Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 13 No. 3 Richard Foster writes, “if we are to take the biblical revelation seriously we must wrestle with the subject of hell. My discomfort (yours too, perhaps) is simply beside the point.” Foster clarifies…

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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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Salvation as a Life Salvation Is Not Just for Heaven — It Is a New Order of Life Now Richard Foster writes, “The goal of salvation is not to get us into heaven. Properly understood, heaven is not a goal at all, but a destination." Salvation is not only for life yet to come, but for…

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Seeing the Bible Afresh Is it time to see Scripture with new eyes? For anyone "starving at the spiritual feast," Richard Foster offers a paradigm for Bible study called the Immanuel Principle—God with us.

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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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Spiritual Classics Selected Readings on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines Selected excerpts drawn from the heritage of nearly 2,000 years of Christian writing. Based on the spiritual disciplines, each reading ends with Scripture, guided reflective questions, exercises, and…

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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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The Wonderful Freedom of Fasting “Fasting: Twentieth Century Style” In this transcript from an address given to Southern Baptists in 1983, Richard Foster looks at the meaning and many forms of fasting and the challenges and blessings of each.

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Rescuing Our Focus Why the Renovaré Book Club is Part Adventure and Part Intervention Carolyn Arends writes that the Renovaré is “part adventure, part intervention” — helping participants strengthen their ability to read deeply and to meet God in "good, nourishing, challenging books."

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To Be Human Is To Pray Finding Ways and Places to Speak the Soul’s Native Language From his book How to Pray, Pete Greig helps us find ways and places to "speak the soul's native language" of prayer.

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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,…