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Celebration of Discipline The Path to Spiritual Growth Offers critical insights into how to practice twelve Spiritual Disciplines: meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance, and…

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What are Spiritual Disciplines? Practices for Growing in Grace

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How to Create a Rule of Life Based on the Six Streams Author and Benedictine Anglican priest Chris Webb walks us through a very practical way to create a rule of life—one that's realistic, not just idealistic—based on the six streams found in Richard…

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The Purpose of Fasting In this excerpt from Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster helps us see that "fasting must forever center on God. It must be God-initiated and God-ordained."

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Sabbath Is a Way of Life In this excerpt from The Great Omission, Dallas Willard unpacks the meaning of Sabbath and explores how Sabbath practices open us to God's gracious provision and governance.

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The Danger of Spiritual Disciplines Seven Pitfalls to Avoid Disciplines of the spiritual life put us in a place where we can experience inner transformation as a gift. Richard Foster warns of pitfalls that can hinder our way.

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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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The Human Body and Spiritual Growth Probably the least understood aspect of progress in Christlikeness is the role of the body in the spiritual life. Dallas Willard illuminates the connection.

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“The Golden Triangle” of Spiritual Transformation The Path of Radical Change Is it possible to be like Jesus? Can we actually have the character of the heavenly Father? Dallas Willard says yes and shows us three essential components of radical change.

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Fasting: A Practical Guide “Fasting is a way to lay down an appetite”— an appetite of the body, mind, or spirit. Adele Calhoun offers practical advice on the discipline of fasting as a way to surrender our desires to God for…

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Cultivating a Life of Worship and Joy The more the Word comes to dwell within our hearts, the more we come to love God. The more we love God, the better we are able to worship him. The more we worship him in Spirit and truth, the…

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Abuse, Anger & Healing Prayer Included in Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 "The Lord told me that he would pro­vide me with the grace to for­give my father." Donn Thomas shares how God healed him of hurt and anger.