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Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth - Richard J. Foster
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
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In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which... show more
In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which he shares the story of how this beloved and enduring spiritual guidebook came to be.Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the "classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith. Along the way, Foster shows that it is only by and through these practices that the true path to spiritual growth can be found.Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study, offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration, bring us nearer to one another and to God.Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how these Disciplines can become part of our daily activities-and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives." He offers crucial new insights on simplicity, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, brings joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and "sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others." The discussion of celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, shows its critical importance, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780060628390 (0060628391)
ASIN: 60628391
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Pages no: 228
Edition language: English
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Daryl Reads
Daryl Reads rated it
A fantastic read for those seeking to follow Christ. A great challenge!
Batgrl: Bookish Hooha
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Given to me at my church confirmation, First Presbyterian Church in the 1980s. My generation has mostly missed out on the days where special days or awards meant the presentation of a hardback book, so I've always liked keeping this one around.
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4.0 Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
Why is it that even the best nonfiction books always have terrible titles? “Celebration of Discipline?” Who decided to call this wonderful book by such a banal name? Foster explores the various approaches to Christian spiritual growth (Okay, face it, that little sentence makes this book sound as awf...
Kiwiria
Kiwiria rated it
It's odd... I read this 4-5 years ago and would have rated it 11/10 if I could because of how it touched me. I guess I'd expected the same thing on rereading it, and was therefore somewhat disappointed by it. It still starts out really good and I learned a lot from the inward disciplines (prayer, me...
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