The Brightest Lights of the Christian TraditionSt. Augustine, Thomas Merton, Fredrick Buechner, Evelyn Underhill, A.W. Tozer, G.K. Chesterton, Thomas More, Martin Luther King, Jr., Amy Carmichael, Simone Weil, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hildegard of Bingen, John Milton, Dorothy Day, Leo Tolstoy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and more. . . From nearly two thousand years of Christian writing comes Spiritual Classcs, fifty two selections complete with a profile of each author, guided meditations for group and individual use, and reflections containing questions and exercises. Editors Richard Foster and Emilie Griffith offer their expertise by selecting inspirational writings and including their own commentary and recommendations for further guided reading and exploration."

"A Renovaré resource for spiritual renewal."

1. Meditation -- 2. Prayer -- 3. Fasting -- 4. Study -- 5 Simplicity -- 6. Solitude -- 7. Submission -- 8. Service -- 9. Confession -- 10. Worship -- 11. Guidance -- 12. Celebration. Introduction -- Meditation: A godly meditation / -- Prayer: Is praying difficult? ; -- Superabundance of the heart / -- Fasting: A fasting on criticalness / -- Study: The cause of spiritual stupidity / -- Simplicity: The blessedness of possessing nothing / -- Solitude: The silent beach, the bowl of stars / -- Submission: In my great task-master's eye / -- Service: Give all for all / -- Confession: Letter to Christian laypeople / -- Workship: We are called to workship / -- Guidance: On love and non-violence / -- Celebration: A Christmas carol / -- Readings for the fifth week: The firstfruits of the spirit / John Wesley. Comparatively small faults and virtues / Hannah More. What it means to be a creature / Frederick William Faber. The traffic of the temple / Amy Carmichael.