Spiritual Disciplines

The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard
Understanding How God Changes Lives

"A profound call to discipleship based on spiritual disciplines [that] awakens us to a forgotten truth, that the transformation to Christlikeness is realized through taking on the `easy yoke' of the disciplines." —Sue Monk Kidd

The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg
Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People

What does true spiritual life really look like? What keeps you from living such a life?. If you suspect that there's more to Christianity than what you've experienced, John Ortberg points to a road of transformation and spiritual vigor anyone can take. John Ortberg is a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. He has written for Christianity Today and is a frequent contributor to Leadership Journal. 

Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster
The Path to Spiritual Growth

"Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all his brothers and sisters to share the find, Richard J. Foster has 'found' the spiritual disciplines that the modern world stored away and forgot, and has excitedly called us to celebrate them. For they are, as he shows us, the instruments of joy, the way into mature Christian spirituality and abundant life." —Eugene H. Peterson

Freedom of Simplicity by Richard J. Foster
Finding Harmony in a Complex World

Discovering simplicity is a lifelong process. But this biblical tradition is difficult to put into practice in our hectic world. With compassion, understanding and deep knowledge of the Scriptures, Richard J. Foster reminds all of us how we can change our lives and world for the better by learning to live in harmony with the rich complexity of life, and by rediscovering the simplicity of prayer, solitude and all the ancient Christian Disciplines.

The Challenge of the Disciplined Life by Richard J. Foster
Christian Reflections on Money, Sex & Power

Drawing upon practical examples, Richard J. Foster guides the reader in day-to-day ethical decision making, while helping each of us determine "the proper place in Christian life of money, sex and power." 

Seeking the Face of God by Gary L. Thomas
The Path to a More Intimate Relationship

In every age, men and women have sought a more intimate relationship with God. By weaving insights from the great Christian thinkers of the past into a soul-searching book for today, Seeking the Face of God will lead you to a new and deeper understanding of the timeless themes of faith:spiritual training, cultivating the quiet, the difficulty of the Christian life, seasons of the soul, soul surgery, holiness of the heart, joyful surrender, God's providence, spiritual discipline, and more. Its a book that seeks to take the best of the Christian classics and apply their insights to today.

The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Letters and conversations of a humble man who walked constantly in the presence of God.
Revised and rewritten by Harold J. Chadwick

Millions have learned to live in the presence of God through this simple book, written by a humble monastery cook. Published first in French in 1692, this is a classic for everyone who has a heart that is hungy for more of God.

Amid his pots and pans, Brother Lawrence became so noted for his serenity and joy while he worked at the most menial kitchen tasks, that cardinals and theologians came to see him to learn his secret.

This Pure Gold Classic version of The Practice of the Presence of God is historically accurate and complete, containing writings of Brother Lawrence not normally found in other versions.

A Hunger for God by John Piper
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer

Do you have a hunger fo Him? As John Piper puts it: "If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because we have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great." If we are full of what the world offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God. Between the dangers of self-denial and self-indulgence is this path of pleasant pain called fasting. For when God is the supreme hunger in your heart, He will be supreme in everything. And when you are most satisfied in Him, He will be most glorified in you.