{"product_id":"learning-humility-a-year-of-searching-for-a-vanishing-virtue-9781514002124","title":"Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutreach Resource of the Year, Spiritual Growth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a society where raging narcissism dominates the moral landscape, the virtue of humility is often dismissed as irrelevant.\u003c\/b\u003e 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 Renovar?, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing 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, \u003ci\u003eLearning Humility\u003c\/i\u003e provides profound insight into what humility can look like in our current cultural climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin Richard Foster on the journey toward a life of humility, which he says leads us into \"freedom, joy, and holy hilarity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard J. Foster is the founder of Renovaré. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eStreams of Living Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrayer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFreedom of Simplicity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSanctuary of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCelebration of Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e, which has sold over two million copies worldwide; he is coauthor (with Gayle Beebe) of \u003ci\u003eLonging for God\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife, Carolynn, make their home near Denver, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Formatio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50653904437522,"sku":"9781514002124","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a316b468-c070-428e-aceb-df9a0db90a6b.jpg?v=1733367573","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/learning-humility-a-year-of-searching-for-a-vanishing-virtue-9781514002124","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}