Going Deeper

Connect4 has begun a study of Richard Foster's book, Celebration of Discipline, about spiritual disciplines.  A week will be spent on each of the following:

• Inward
• Meditation
• Prayer
• Fasting
• Outward
• Simplicity
• Solitude
• Submission
• Service
• Coorporate
• Confession
• Worship
• Guidance
• Celebration

Last week, Carol and Greer introduced the book and the ideas behind the study.  Two quotes struck me.

First, there was a Tolstoy quote on the board that read: "Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing one's self."

The second quote was from Foster: "Superficiality is the great curse of our age."  And Greer responded by saying, "We need deep people, y'all!"

These were good quotes to kick off our study, for what do spiritual disciplines do if not make us deeper people and changed selves?

So, may we become deeper people and and changed selves together over the next several weeks.