It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment.
Richard J. FosterPride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. Its just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article.
Richard J. FosterWe over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.
Richard J. FosterFour times a year withdraw for three to four hours for the purpose of reorienting your life goals
Richard J. FosterThe Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk piously about 'the solitude of the heart,' but if that does not somehow work its way into our experience, then we have missed the point of the Disciplines. We are dealing with actions, not merely states of mind.
Richard J. Foster