Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World (original 1981; edition 2005)

by Richard J. Foster (Author)

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A revised and updated edition of the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less stress and more leisure but an essential spiritual discipline for the health of our soul.

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Title:	Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World
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StephenBarkley: The themes are similar. Powley's work is more popular and modern. Foster's work goes deeper. (Not a criticism—I enjoyed both books.)

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It's common sense and uncommon sensitivity Richard Foster has pointed the way to a simpler yet richer way of living.

PendleHillLibrary | Aug 17, 2023 |

It's common sense and uncommon sensitivity Richard Foster has pointed the way to a simpler yet richer way of living.

PendleHillLibrary | Aug 17, 2023 |

Follow-up to the very popular Celebration of Discipline by a well-regarded Quaker author from the pastoral branch of Friends. (

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FriendshipFLibrary | Oct 25, 2015 |

How to lead your life as a Christian in a simple, grateful, humble and conscious way.

DevizesQuakers | Mar 17, 2015 |

Richard Foster has in a very humble way written his thoughts about how to lead your life as a christian in a simple, grateful, humble and conscious way. It´s about solidarity with those not so rich, it´s about taking care of our world and it´s about freeing ourselves from the demands of this world, about how to be content with what we have, about trusting in God and about finding peace through a simpler way of life without isolating yourself from the world. I liked it. It´s of course a bit provocative sometimes but it makes you think. (

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Freedom of simplicity: Leader's Guide by Richard J. Foster

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Christian Book Award (Winner – Contemporary Issues – 1982)

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Freedom of simplicity

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返璞歸自由 : 複雜世代中的和諧

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A revised and updated edition of the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less stress and more leisure but an essential spiritual discipline for the health of our soul.

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Richard J. Foster's Freedom of Simplicity courageously articulates a creative, more human style of living and points the way for Christians to make their lives "models of simplicity." Foster shows us that the Christian Discipline of simplicity is an inward reality that liberates our outward lifestyle by freeing us from dishonest speech, obsessive status-seeking, compulsive extravagance, and a loss of perspective on the true nature of our involvement with the world in which we live.

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