Celebration of Discipline

Richard Foster is one of my new favorite authors. This year I read his Life with God, Freedom of Simplicity, and now Celebration of Discipline. None of his books contain the fluff that so often fill non-fiction. Reading his words are like sitting down to a feast of meat. There's so much there, I have to partake and digest slowly. At the end, I'm fat and happy.

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth is Foster's classic work (1978) that begins with a call for deep people. In its course, it covers twelve spiritual disciplines, starting with the inward, moving to the outward, then finally the corporate disciplines. He includes disciplines such as meditation, fasting, solitude, the ever-scorned discipline of submission, worship, guidance, and finally celebration. The author has a passion for these areas, which shines through the work. He guides the reader where he's been and bids him to follow. Some of the disciplines spoke to me more than others, but they all are backed by scripture and help compose a holy life. If you want to be a deep person, start with this book. (G, highly recommended)