Richard J. Foster (Public and Private): Richard J. Foster, a Quaker, is the author of several bestselling books, including Freedom of Simplicity and Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home, which in 1993 was Christianity Today's Book of the Year and won the Gold Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers' Association. He is the founder of Renovare, an infra-church movement committed to the renewal of the church in all her multifaceted expressions. He lives with his wife, Carolynn, in Denver, Colorado.
"If everybody in the country could read--and heed--this book, what a difference it would make to the planet." -- Madeleine L'Engle"Foster has challenged us to see Christian faith ... as a life of spiritual transformation." -- Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian"Foster has taught me more about prayer and living faithfully than just about any other living author." -- Lauren Winner, author of Girl Meets God"This seminal work on the practice of spiritual disciplines is never outdated." -- Relevant Magazine"Richard Foster has given us a rare gift... The celebration of each discipline in this book hands us a tool that can be useful in helping us to integrate our inner and outer lives." -- Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B., author of A Tree Full of Angels"The best modern book on Christian spirituality..... No other book apart from the Bible has been so helpful to me in the nurturing of my inward journey of prayer and spiritual growth." -- Ronald J. Sider, executive director, Evangelicals for Social Action
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