Books by Richard J. Foster
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review 1: A book by Richard Foster of "Celebration of the Disciplines" fame. This book is Foster's take on Dallas Willard's understanding of the general pattern of human transformation as expressed in the acronym VIM; Vision, Intention and Means. The penultimate chapter "The Way of Free...
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review 1: This was a great little read. About once a year I pick up a book on meditative prayer, either recently wrote or by one of the greats long since dead on this subject. In a time where the world around me is filled with distraction, I must seek to turn everything off and develop m...
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review 1: Encouragingly Foster attempts to explain how to meditate. Unfortunately, he is bogged down in words of grandeur & praises and fails to clarify how to meditate. Further, Foster tries to explain how to identify God's voice & how you can learn to listen for him. Again, Foster flowe...
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review 1: Written jointly by Beebe and Foster, Beebe did most of the writing, while Foster wrote the reflection pieces that ended each chapter. The book divides spiritual devotion into seven (never discrete) paths and examines three or four different figures from the Christian past who pu...