Spiritual Formation
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Here are a few resources to study Spiritual Formation a bit further:
1. Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration bring us nearer to one another and to God.
2. Prayer by Richard Foster
Foster shows how prayer can move us inward 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.
3. Abundant Simplicity by Jan Johnson
Johnson helps introduce us to the first steps of incorporating simplicity into our life to feel free freedom of a life untethered by the burdens of this world.
