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How to Start a Prayer Journal Richard Foster invites us to follow the lead of disciples such as St. Augustine, Julian of Norwich, and Blaise Pascal in the practice of journaling our prayers.

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An Experiment with Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises In this classic newsletter article, Richard Foster shares his experiment with the rhythms of Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises during Lent.

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Forty Years of Celebration of Discipline: An Interview with Richard Foster Empowering Spiritual Transformation in the Local Church, An Interview with Richard J. Foster Richard Foster chats with Paul Anderson of George Fox University about the 40th anniversary of Celebration of Discipline, how that first book led to many others, why Renovaré came into being, the…

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Turning Your Thoughts into Prayers Prayer can be as natural as breathing "What do we pray? Whatever piece of God's will we understand." Jan Johnson shows how praying without ceasing need not be complicated.

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Cultivating an Habitual Vision of Greatness Heart to Heart November 1996 A November 1996 Heart to Heart newsletter “Words matter. Ideas matter.” Richard Foster’s observation that “our reading and our writing is gravitating to the lowest common denominator” is as relevant…

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Practical Ways to Live All of Life With God Practicing the Incarnational Tradition In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster provides very practical ways to live all of life—everyday home and family and work life—with God.

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Love’s Imparting Three readings on God’s embrace Three readings—two recent and one from the 15th century—unpack the biblical image of God as Lover and humans as Beloved.

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Simple Words of Gratitude Forty years ago, Richard Foster wrote a reflection upon an afternoon with his son, Nathan. It is a timeless offering on the importance of gratitude.

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Richard Foster and Brenda Quinn — Learning Humility Brenda Quinn and Richard Foster join Nathan to talk about Richard’s new book, Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue.

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Hearing and Obeying The Essence of Christian Meditation With straightforward clarity, Richard Foster explains that "Christian meditation, very simply, is the ability to hear God’s voice and obey his word. It is that simple."

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Freedom of Simplicity Finding Harmony in a Complex World A revised and updated edition of the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less stress and more leisure but an essential spiritual discipline for the health of the soul.