Filling spiritual voids,
not just pews
Richard Foster's treatise on disciplined faith turns 30
By Colleen O'Connor The Denver Post
12/31/2007

Richard Foster's "Celebration of Discipline" has sold nearly 2.5 million copies.

Back when he pastored a small church in Southern California, Richard Foster was a desperate man.

Many in his congregation struggled with life, were just out of prison or were recovering from drug addiction. He tried to help in every way he knew, but still failed.

So Foster turned to spiritual masters of the distant past, compiling their wisdom into a series of spiritual disciplines, from prayer and meditation to fasting, service and solitude. the rest