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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book about living a simple life. Everyone living in western culture should consider these ideas.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've benefited from some of what Foster has written previously but this book was a great idea with poor execution. I think Foster is a wonderful person with a great ministry but I think his writing is just flat-out boring. In this book he comes off as someone who is straining to be a scholar, a myst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17846496">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;A pivotal paradox for us to understand is that simplicity is both a grace and a discipline...There is no way that we can build up our willpower, put ourselves into this contortion or that, and attain it...It is a discipline because we are called to do something.&quot; <br/><br/>&quot;The con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1082705">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, the group's emphasis on simplicity as a lifestyle really appealed to me.  This book follows in very much the same vein, exploring this concept from a spiritual, and specifically Christian, perspective--I didn't like some of what he had to say about evangeliz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45145415">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Written in the same warm, accessible style as Richard Foster's best-selling <em>Celebration of Discipline, Freedom of Simplicity</em> articulates a creative, more human style of living and points the way for Christians to make their lives &quot;models of simplicity.&quot; Foster provides a way to rethink our priorities and to &quot;seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness.&quot; He shows us how to live in harmony with the rich complexity of life while stressing the relation of simplicity to prayer, solitude, and all the Christian Disciplines.&lt;/p&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read and re-read this book since Beecroft turned me on to it. It is a convicting life-changer. The most powerful thing about it was one of the very first chapters. Foster did something that I had never seen done before. He placed every scripture, every word Christ uttered concerning wealth an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21048387">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Written in the same warm, accessible style as Richard Foster's best-selling <em>Celebration of Discipline, Freedom of Simplicity</em> articulates a creative, more human style of living and points the way for Christians to make their lives &quot;models of simplicity.&quot; Foster provides a way to rethink our priorities and to &quot;seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness.&quot; He shows us how to live in harmony with the rich complexity of life while stressing the relation of simplicity to prayer, solitude, and all the Christian Disciplines.&lt;/p&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[classic foster. celebration of discipline changed my life and I suspect I will look back and say the same of this one. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful book. One that I wish I could just transfer to my heart and mind. This book contains vital perspective for Christians, especially us, embedded in a capitalistic society where everything is pandering to our desires and promising satisfaction. Foster reminds us that the simple, unified, focu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8878879">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am actually perpetually reading this classic from a modern Quaker rock-star. Its a must read!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this is a life-changing book for me...even though I'm not completely sure all that means yet. I believe I will be wrestling for yeasr to come with what it means to live out what I believe in simplicity, both in my inner life, as well as my physical habits, choices, and consumption.<br/>Fost...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41326532">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though this book did give me lots of food for thought, I found it a bit more general than I was hoping for. On the upside, the author is extremely gracious without being wishy-washy about the subject, meaning that while he is clear on what he believes about simplicity, he isn't legalistic about it. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2369593">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In our cluttered culture, simplicity isn't a household word or concept. The Church and other influential organizations aren't even teaching this principle much. It forced me to look at my desire for outward simplicity and challenged me to start with inner simplicity and the outward expression will f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21032827">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's easy for me to set this book aside and come back to it. I started it in September maybe, but I haven't finished it because I have been distracted by other, more engaging books since then. Not sure what that says about how well I am applying Foster's principles of simplicity.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is very good and very challenging.  I should probably read it at least once a year.  Much like Foster's other works, this book is very, very full of insights.  It's hard to take it all in.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The begining of the book was helpful talking about the theology of simplicity. But as for the practical aspects, Foster expects a higher level of sacrifice. Didn't think this was for begininers.<br/>]]></body>
    
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