Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
This study of the classic spiritual disciplines includes meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance and celebration. The author claims that these disciplines can infuse life with joy, promoting inner peace and fulfilment. Richard...
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This study of the classic spiritual disciplines includes meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance and celebration. The author claims that these disciplines can infuse life with joy, promoting inner peace and fulfilment. Richard Foster, an "evangelical" Quaker, founded and chairs the Milton Center which is designed to help Christian writers achieve exellence in their work. He won the 1978 Writer of the Year (US) Award for "Celebration of Discipline", and the Gold Medallion Award in 1982 for "Freedom of Simplicity" and he also wrote "Money, Sex and Power"
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060628314 (0060628316)
Publish date: March 1st 1984
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 179
Edition language: English
A fantastic read for those seeking to follow Christ. A great challenge!
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.
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...
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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