Richard Foster's best-selling Celebration of Discipline provides the framework for this new work. The twelve spiritual disciplines featured are now developed as the themes for selected readings and study helps. The twelve spiritual disciplines include: prayer, meditation, simplicity, solitude, confession, worship and celebration.Among the classic writers the readings are drawn from are: Augustine of Hippo, John Henry Newman, Thomas Merton, Thomas More, John Milton, John Wesley, Catherine Marshall and Joyce Huggett. Each reading is followed by an introduction to the life and work of the author, as well as relevant scriptural quotations, questions for discussion, suggested exercises and a reflective commentary by Richard Foster.