Richard J. Foster 
Learning Humility [EPUB ebook] 
A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue

Outreach Resource of the Year, Spiritual Growth
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.‘

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Beginning Word
Part I: The Cold and Dark Moons (Winter—Waniyetu)
1. The Hard Moon
2. The Moon When Trees Crack from the Cold
3. The Moon of the Sore Eyes
Part II: The Moons of Renewal and Growth (Spring—Wetú)
4. The Moon When the Ducks Come Back
5. The Moon of Making Fat
6. The Moon of the Green Leaves
Part III: The Warm Moons (Summer—Blokétu)
7. The Moon When the Berries Are Good
8. The Moon When the Chokecherries Are Black
9. The Moon of the Harvest
Part IV: The Moons of Change (Autumn—Ptanyétu)
10. The Moon of the Brown Leaves
11. The Moon When the Wind Shakes Off the Leaves
12. The Moon of the Rutting Deer
13. The Moon When the Deer Shed Their Antlers
Finis: A Concluding Word
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Notes

Über den Autor

Richard J. Foster (DTh P, Fuller Theological Seminary) is founder of Renovaré in Denver, Colorado. He is the author of many books, including Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, which has sold over two million copies worldwide, Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home, Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World, and coauthor (with Gayle Beebe) of Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion.