Learning Humility, Richard J. Foster
Learning Humility, Richard J. Foster
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Learning Humility
A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue

Author: Richard J. Foster

Narrator: Richard J. Foster

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2022

Synopsis

In a society where raging narcissism dominates the moral landscape, the virtue of humility is often dismissed as irrelevant. Not only is humility vanishing from contemporary culture, but we are also witnessing how destructive a lack of humility has become among our churches and ministry leaders. And yet, Richard Foster, the founder of Renovaré, insists that humility is central to the journey toward character formation and spiritual transformation. For this reason he decided to spend a year studying the virtue of humility.

Using the Lakota calendar as a framework, Foster provides us with a look into the insights he gathered from sources ranging from Native American culture to Julian of Norwich to Scripture to personal friends. By engaging with both the spiritual classics and Foster's own experiences, Learning Humility provides profound insight into what humility can look like in our current cultural climate.

Join Richard Foster on the journey toward a life of humility, which he says leads us into "freedom, joy, and holy hilarity."

About Richard J. Foster

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on January 09, 2023

Summary: A journal of a year-long journey of learning humility including notes from readings, reflections, prayers, organized around the Lakota calendar. Richard J. Foster was pondering at the turn of a year whether to set any resolutions for the new year. He sensed he was hearing from God the words......more

Goodreads review by Lori on October 28, 2022

A friend described this as "fireside chats with Richard". I felt that as I slowly made my way through the book. I loved hearing his ponderings about culture, faith, and humility. He is modeling well how to slow down and thoughtfully engage with one topic while living day to day. Richard is a wise ma......more

Goodreads review by Traci on January 29, 2023

Foster always has good insight. I could see reading this one in smaller sessions. Perhaps even coinciding with lent or advent. I appreciated his consideration of history and place in a book on humility. Very fitting.......more

Goodreads review by Rachelle on December 12, 2022

You might have noticed that I titled this blog post “overview” instead of “review.” That’s because this book is rich with insight and I am unwilling to rush through it. I can’t actually give you a review of a book that I haven’t read, so I’ll give you my preliminary thoughts based on both the book a......more

Goodreads review by Michele on January 29, 2023

For readers who have already met Richard Foster through Celebration of Discipline (now a classic), Learning Humility will be a welcome reintroduction to Foster’s gentle leadership in spiritual formation. Those who are meeting him for the first time will be surprised to discover this nuanced but comp......more

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