The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines

Nathan is vulnerable with his own journey in the Spiritual Disciplines. It gives the reader freedom, true life examples to remember and is funny as well! A great read.

The Making of an Ordinary Saint is a wonderful book about Nathan's personal experiences with the spiritual disciplines written about in his father's monumental work, Celebration of Discipline. In The Making of an Ordinary Saint, Nathan shares a brief review of each discipline, his story living out a certain discipline in the midst of an "ordinary life" (job, wife, kids, chaos, emergencies, and routine). This positions him for continued transformation by the Spirit of God in to greater Christ-likeness, which is shown through his stories and review of his experiences. I found this book very helpful as I could relate to many of the feelings and difficulties while trying to practice the spiritual disciplines. Nathan inspired me, encouraged me, and taught me through this book. As a pastor seeking to grow in Christ in the midst of normal life, I found this book very helpful. I highly recommend it, especially when read in conjunction with Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline.

Nate Foster's dad Richard wrote a classic study of the spiritual disciplines. A quarter century later Nate decided to try living them out--not all at once, but one at a time. This book is his memoir of how God helped him encounter submission, study, silence, worship, and the rest, never as he planned, but in unexpected ways that led him to the heart of the discipline in a way that spoke to his own heart. So he began to see how they fit together and changed his life. A wonderful testimony to God working with us for our transformation. Thanks for sharing.

This book is an absolute Godsend for me at this point in my spiritual walk. It has taken me to a higher level of understanding of the spiritual diciplines, which was necessary in order to see my place in the world.....or at least what God's plan is for me in the world. With that comes an enormous amount of peace and well being. A must read from where I'm standing!

This is a very gentle intro to the spiritual disciplines. I'm doing a group study on line with 15 friends...ladies from the 30's to the 60's, taking a chapter a month to practice each of the disciplines. We're on month one...submission. We have all experienced LOTS of opportunities to practice and it's fun to share how God is working in our lives with submission being daily in the forefront.

I LOVE IT!!!!!! Nathan has such a fantastic way of connecting with his reader by being transparent, hopeful and helpful. This book has some cool content from Nathan's dad & brief bios related to the various disciplines that are discussed, but the best part of the book is Nathan's insights, applications and honest experiments with each discipline that is discussed. Buy 5 of this book & discuss it in your next book club!! :)

I read Foster's book CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE when I was in college and struggled to embrace it as a student. Nathan has communicated those same disciplines in a way that moves his father's book forward in a way that will greatly connect with this rising generation of young people. I finished this book on New Years Day 2016 and am looking forward to the year.

Anyone that has struggled to improve their Spiritual life would find this book helpful. Nathan's honest sharing of his struggles, and then the victories he experienced are events that almost everyone can relate to at some point in their life, if not most of their life, The way he delivered the information made me feel like he had written it just for me.

Author gives examples of his own experience too which enhances.

Excellent book which explores all aspects of prayer and spirituality. Very useful, helpful, well written, I couldn't put it down. It helped me to accept myself as I am and not to be so hard on myself.

A very honest look at one man's experiences with the spiritual disciplines. It's perhaps not nearly as deep or profound as his father's work, but it's not trying to be that. It's a helpful addition to The Celebration of Discipline. I read the two books at the same time, which was a good experience. I read the first chapter in Celebration then the corresponding chapter in this book, and so on, back and forth.

Nathan has penned an honest, Insightful, account of his journey of encountering the goodness of God through the practise of Spiritual disciplines. He doesn't just tell us why but how, as he wrestles with the distance between who he is and who he wants to be.

Deep and sometimes difficult read