“ True service is a lifestyle. It acts from the ingrained patterns of living. It springs spontaneously to meet human need. Richard J. Foster
“ Confession is a difficult Discipline for us because we all too often view the believing community as a fellowship of saints before we see it as a fellowship of sinners. We feel that everyone else has… Richard J. Foster
“ And so I urge you to still every motion that is not rooted in the Kingdom. Become quiet, hushed, motionless until you are finally centered. Strip away all excess baggage and nonessential trappings unt… Richard J. Foster
“ Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village. Richard J. Foster
“ Cause every task of your day to be a sacred ministry to the Lord. however mundane your duties, for you they are a sacrament. Richard J. Foster
“ I am not posing these questions only to the world at large. I query us who own Christ as our life. Can God be pleased by the vast and increasing inequities among us? Is he not grieved by our arrogant… Richard J. Foster
“ In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have it, others cannot. Richard J. Foster
“ Silence frees us from the need to control others. One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control oth… Richard J. Foster
“ Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things. We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is… Richard J. Foster
“ Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance. Jesus knew that by his vicarious suffering he could actually absorb all the… Richard J. Foster
“ Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation centered in Eastern religions. In reality, the two ideas stand… Richard J. Foster
“ The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates. Richard J. Foster
“ Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father. Richard J. Foster
“ Thomas Merton writes that if we have meditated on the events of the Passion but have not meditated on Dachau and Auschwitz, our perception of God at work in present times is incomplete. Richard J. Foster
“ Meditation sends us into our ordinary world with greater perspective and balance. Richard J. Foster
“ We are not trying to manipulate God and tell Him what to do. Rather, we are asking Him to tell us what to do. Richard J. Foster
