Jana Riess’s Mormon background does not detract from Flunking Sainthood’s message. Jana Riess discovered she’d been changed by her attempts to practice the classic spiritual disciplines such as ...

Next Wednesday, Christians begin a special period of preparation that leads up to the Holy Days before Easter. The reason for this Lenten season is to practice spiritual discipline that enables one to ...

When we are young we grow physically and get bigger (and if you are a parent you know just how frustrating and expensive that can be!) and as we get older we also grow mentally, both intellectually ...

Byron K. Borger has always believed in the power of the written word and how it nourishes the soul. For 31 years, he and his wife, Beth, have owned and operated an independent Christian bookstore in ...

Essentially a very long list of disciplines that Christians should practice (e.g. prayer, Bible study, fasting and solitude), Moore's book is frustratingly tedious, saying little that his target ...

Based solidly on Richard Foster's classic work Celebration of Discipline, this book takes some of the basic components of Christian discipline--including prayer, fasting, meditation, study, service ...

Forget being exotic and elite; it’s all about becoming more like Christ. The phrase "spiritual formation" expresses the most important process in the world. But it also drives me crazy. Although I ...

Co-author of ‘The Lenten Cookbook’ sheds light on history and resurgence of piety. Theologian Scott Hahn is delving deeply into Lent this season, with a new book on its history (that includes seasonal ...