There Are No Experts In The Company

Like A Child Exploring The Attic Of An Old House On A Rainy Day, Discovering A Trunk Full Of Treasure And Then Calling All His Brothers And Sisters To Share The Find, Richard J. 'foster Has 'found' The Spiritual Disciplines That The Modern World Has Stored Away And Forgot, And Has Excitedly Called Us To Celebrate Them. For They Are, As He Shows Us, The Instruments Of Joy, The Way Into Mature Christian Spirituality And Abundant Life.

Sloth Is Most Often Evidenced In Busyness ... In Frantic Running Around, Trying To Be Everything To Everyone, And Then Having No Time To Listen Or Pray, No Time To Become The Person Who Is Doing These Things.

I Don't Want To End Up A Bureaucrat In The Time-management Business For God Or A Librarian Cataloguing Timeless Truths. Salvation Is Kicking In The Womb Of Creation Right Now, Any Time Now. Pay Attention.

Spirituality Is No Different From What Weve Been Doing For Two Thousand Years Just By Going To Church And Receiving The Sacraments, Being Baptized, Learning To Pray, And Reading Scriptures Rightly. Its Just Ordinary Stuff.

Go Out Into The World Uncorrupted, A Breath Of Fresh Air In This Squalid And Polluted Society. Provide People With A Glimpse Of Good Living And Of The Living God.