The Making of an Ordinary Saint
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The Making of an Ordinary Saint

My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Making of an Ordinary Saint

My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines

About this book

Nathan Foster was just a child when his father's classic Celebration of Discipline brought the spiritual disciplines into the popular evangelical consciousness. More than thirty years later, Nathan made his own journey into the spiritual disciplines. As he sought day by day to develop habits that would enable him to live more like Jesus, he encountered problems both universal and unique. In this engaging narrative, he draws insights from saints of old to uncover fresh ways of living for the contemporary, postmodern Christian.

Through his successes, struggles, and failures, Foster invites readers on a journey of freedom, pain, frustration, and ultimately joy as he learns to rise above selfish desires, laugh at his own failures, and fall in love with God. Those who have read Celebration of Discipline will find in Nathan's book creative new ways to practice the disciplines that have been so formative in their lives. Those who are new to the spiritual disciplines will find that developing a vital, interactive, conversational relationship with God is within their grasp. As a result, the holy habits of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are truly possible for all. Includes chapter openings and a foreword from Richard J. Foster.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Endorsements
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Introduction
  9. Understanding Submission
  10. 1. Submission
  11. Understanding Fasting
  12. 2. Fasting
  13. Understanding Study
  14. 3. Study
  15. Interlude: Discipline Hazard #1
  16. Understanding Solitude
  17. 4. Solitude
  18. Understanding Meditation
  19. 5. Meditation
  20. Understanding Confession
  21. 6. Confession
  22. Understanding Simplicity
  23. 7. Simplicity
  24. Understanding Service
  25. 8. Service
  26. Interlude: Discipline Hazard #2
  27. Understanding Prayer
  28. 9. Prayer
  29. Understanding Guidance
  30. 10. Guidance
  31. Understanding Worship
  32. 11. Worship
  33. Understanding Celebration
  34. 12. Celebration
  35. Conclusion
  36. Further Reading
  37. Acknowledgments
  38. Notes
  39. About the Author
  40. Back Ads
  41. Back Cover