"The Spirit of the Disciplines" places solitude and silence, prayer, simple and sacrificial living, meditation upon God's word and ways, and service to others at the heart of the gospel. 'We can increasingly resemble Christ in character and in power by following him in his overall style of life ... This was the method of his earliest disciples, and it is as valid today as it was then.' The practice of these disciplines is how God guides us into a constant interaction with his kingdom.