The Life You've Always Wanted
by John Ortberg
The spiritual disciplines made approachable: slowing, celebration, servanthood, confession, secrecy, guidance, suffering. Ortberg's first big book and still the easiest introduction to the disciplines.
Read it if…
you want Foster's disciplines with a lighter touch.
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Skip it if…
you want depth; see Foster or Willard.
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Three things you will actually use
- Hurry is the enemy of spiritual life.
- Disciplines are training, not trying.
- Celebration is a discipline.
Do this first
Practise slowing: drive in the slow lane for a week.
Our verdict
The disciplines, approachably.
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