Foreword
SPIRITUAL FORMATION SERIES
This Spiritual Formation book is for the Christian who hears God's call to a devotional life, and wants to better serve Him in the challenges of every day. It draws on the richness of Christian spirituality through the centuries of church history, but with an application to the twentieth-century believer who is involved in society, rather than withdrawn from it.
Spiritual formation blends the best of traditional discipleship concepts with the more reflective disciplines of an individual journey toward friendship with God. It is a lifestyle, not a program, a relationship rather than a system, a journey instead of a road map. It calls us into holy partnership with God for our spiritual development.
As you read this book, and then others in the series, I hope that you will receive much more than information. My prayer is that you will experience new levels of formation of your mind and heart, and find yourself drawn closer to Christ.
Steven Harper, General Editor
Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation
Asbury Theological Seminary
