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Celebration of Discipline

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Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
by Richard Foster
HarperSanFrancisco (1978); 201 pages

About the Book

Foster assumes his reader understands the context and purpose of the spiritual disciplines. Practical in nature, the book describes in relatively short chapters the methods and practices of each discipline. The book is extremely accessible, and it helps demystify the practice of the spiritual disciplines.

How It Will Help

The table of contents itself presents a clear way of preaching the disciplines. This book will give immediately tangible and practical advice for engaging in the disciplines for spiritual development. For the preacher, then, the book is a guide for applying the more theoretical content of Willard and Mulholland.

Table of Contents
1. The Spiritual Disciplines: Door to Liberation

Part 1: The Inward Disciplines

2. Meditation
3. Prayer
4. Fasting
5. Study

Part 2: The Outward Disciplines

6. Simplicity
7. Solitude
8. Submission
9. Service

Part 3: The Corporate Disciplines

10. Confession
11. Worship
12. Guidance
13. Celebration
About the Author

Richard J. Foster is a theologian in the Quaker tradition and author of several books on spiritual formation. He is also the founder of Renovaré, an interdenominational church renewal movement.

Related Books by Richard Foster:
The Challenge of the Disciplined Life: Christian Reflections on Money, Sex, and Power (HarperOne, 1989)
Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World (HarperOne, 2005)
Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home (HarperOne, 1992)
Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith (HarperOne, 2001)



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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Fourth Sunday in Lent
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