Richard J. Foster

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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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Streams of Living Water Essential Practices from the Six Great Traditions of Christian Faith The author of the bestselling Celebration of Discipline explores the great traditions of Christian spirituality and their role in spiritual renewal today.

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What are the Six Streams? A Balanced Vision of the Life of Christ

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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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What is Spiritual Direction? What is spiritual direction and how do you choose a spiritual director?

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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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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."

25 Books Every Christian Should Read The Best Christian Books Across the Centuries Chosen by a Notable Editorial Board An editorial board including Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, Phyllis Tickle and others select the best books ever written on the Christian life.

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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 Six Streams and Hope for a New Reformation Nathan Foster imagines a new reformation within the Body of Christ, one grounded in the ecumenical embrace of the six historical movements, or streams, in church history.