Devotional Classics, Revised and Expanded

A new expanded edition of Renovare's Classic Companion to the Devotional Life.

Updated to incorporate all six traditions, or "streams," that comprise a healthy and holistic life of faith, these fifty-two selections have been organized to introduce the reader to the great devotional writers over the course of one year. Edited by James Bryan Smith, each reading is accompanied by an introduction and meditation by Richard J. Foster. In addition, each entry includes a related biblical passage, discussion questions, and individual and group exercises.

With devotional readings in

• The Prayer-Filled Life
• The Virtuous Life
• The Spirit-Empowered Life
• The Compassionate Life
• The Word-Centered Life
• The Sacramental Life

Foster and Smith sift through works from the great spiritual writers of the past as well as readings from contemporary spiritual leaders to create a guide that is indispensable for those looking for a deeper and more balanced spritiual life.

Devotional Classics features readings from Augustine of Hippo, Blaise Pascal, Francis of Assisi, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Julian of Norwich, Martin Luther, Soren Kierkegaard, Annie Dillard, Thomas Merton, Kathleen Norris, Dallas Willard, John Calvin, and many more.

A New, Expanded Edition of Renovaré's Classic Companion to the Devotional Life

Updated to incorporate all six traditions, or "streams," that comprise a healthy and holistic life of faith, these fifty–two selections have been organized to introduce the reader to the great devotional writers over the course of one year. Edited by James Bryan Smith, each reading is accompanied by an introduction and meditation by Richard J. Foster. In addition, each entry includes a related biblical passage, discussion questions, and individual and group exercises.

With devotional readings in

1. The Prayer–Filled Life

2. The Virtuous Life

3. The Spirit–Empowered Life

4. The Compassionate Life

5. The Word–Centered Life

6. The Sacramental Life

Foster and Smith sift through works from the great spiritual writers of the past as well as readings from contemporary spiritual leaders to create a guide that is indispensable for those looking for a deeper and more balanced spiritual life.

Richard J. Foster is the author of several bestselling books, including Celebration of Discipline, Streams of Living Water, Life with God, and Prayer, which was Christianity Today's Book of the Year and the winner of the Gold Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He is the founder of RenovarÉ, an organization and a movement committed to the renewal of the church of Jesus Christ in all its multifaceted expressions, and the editor of The Life with God Bible.

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Reviewed by Nicole (MD.), November 24, 2009

This is a great book for anyone wanting to learn about Christians of the past who have left their marks. I had to read this book for school, but ended up really enjoying reading about the authors that I had heard so much about. The book offers resources to other books if the reader wishes to learn more. Great book, I highly reccomend it!

Reviewed by Susan Miller (Bedford, IN), October 27, 2008

I look forward each morning to the thoughts I will encounter in this book. My thinking is challenged and deepened; my daily life reflects this. Presentation is very user-friendly and leads to more resources if reader desires. This book is a treasure.

Reviewed by Cynthia Farmer (Easley, SC), August 09, 2008

I am really enjoying this book and the compilation of these great authors and thinkers. I woudl probably never read books by all of them seperatly but this gives me the chance to sample all of them.

Reviewed by Cassie Hale (Kokomo, IN), July 30, 2007

Another excellent resource from Renovare. This resource gives us a glimpse into history as we observe the lives of other Christians and are able to draw wisdom from their personal walks with the Lord. It is much too narrow to only look at the lives of Christians from the point of the Reformation on. There have been Christians since they were first called so.

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