spiritual formation

Book Review — The Liturgy of Politics by Kaitlyn Schiess

Think for a moment upon the things that have influenced your politics and the things that influence your politics in your daily and weekly routine. You read The New York Times every morning over breakfast and shriek with joy at the latest column from Maureen Dowd....

Foster’s Celebration of Discpline, part 3 — Intercessory Prayer

In part 2 of this review, we went over Foster's view of the spiritual discipline of meditation, a.k.a. contemplative prayer. In this part, we'll look over chapter 3. Though simply titled "The Discipline of Prayer," this chapter of Celebration of Discipline...

Foster’s Celebration of Discipline, part 2 — Meditation and Contemplative Prayer

In part 1, I introduced some historical context behind Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. Foster's book is foundational within the Spiritual Formation movement. In this article, I'll go through the first chapter, which explains...