People Are Not Problems To Be Solved.

Suffering Attracts Fixers The Way Road-kills Attract Vultures.

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.

Stories Are Verbal Acts Of Hospitality.

You Don't Make Your Words True By Embellishing Them With Religious Lace. In Making Your Speech Sound More Religious, It Becomes Less True.

Our Father In Heaven, Reveal Who You Are. Set The World Right; Do What's Best - As Above, So Below. Keep Us Alive With Three Square Meals. Keep Us Forgiven With You And Forgiving Others. Keep Us Safe From Ourselves And The Devil. You're In Charge!