Today, it is a privilege to share with you one of my favorite books of all time.

It's called The Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster.

I was introduced to this book in my 12th grade Bible class, believe it or not, in high school,

and it opened my eyes to the depths of Christianity.

Friend, I don't know about you.

I'm tired of surface, trite, make it what you want at

Christianity. I want the real God of the universe. I want what he has to say, even if it's hard to hear

it. This book showed me the practices that we can do as believers to welcome Jesus into our very real lives and to hear his very

real voice a little bit clearer. I'll be honest, these disciplines, they aren't easy. They are not

for the faint of heart, but they are good and they have changed me. Also, a little PSA on the side. This is the 11th of 12 books we are

reading this year in the Nancy Ray Book Club. I'll do a podcast about the 12th book, parenting with

love and logic in January as we're still all in the middle of finishing reading that book.

But I did want to let you know the new 2021 book club

list is live. You can see all of the books that I've chosen to read in 2021 by heading to nanceyraid.com

slash book club. I'm really excited about the lineup. You're always welcome to join in for as few

or as many books as you want.

Or if you just want to check out what books I've chosen, head over to nancyray.com

slash book club to see.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 91.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

Simply put, that is where our life and our legacy take place.

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well,

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