Richard J. Foster

Streams of Living Water
Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith

In Streams of Living Water, Foster seeks a balanced path to a renewal of the Spirit. The six streams are: the Contemplative, or prayer-filled life; the life of Holiness, or the virtuous life; the Charismatic, or Spirit empowered life; the life of Social Justice, or the compassionate life; the Evangelical, or Word-centered life; and finally, the Incarnational, or sacramental life. Foster identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each stream and offers practical ways to incorporate these spiritual dimensions into our daily lives—offering a clear and tangible path to authentic Christian experience.

Prayer
Finding the Heart's True Home

Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms—from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions, and shows the way into prayers of contemplation, healing, blessing, forgiveness, and rest. He shows how prayer can move us unward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. He leads us beyond questions to a deeper understanding and practice of prayer, bringing us closer to God, to ourselves, and to our community.

Celebration of Discipline
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
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
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." 

Prayers from the Heart

"My whole life, in one sense, has been an experiment in how to be a portable sanctuary," writes Richard Foster, "learning to practice the presence of God in the midst of the stresses and strains of contemporary life." Foster presents this collection of prayers according to the three aspects of the human journey: looking inward to the heart, reaching upward toward God, and moving outward to care for others. These prayers speak to the moments in our days and in our lives.