For Monday, September 19th Meeting

It is important at the outset to reclaim the words devotional and classic.  For many people today devotional means ethereal, otherworldly, irrelevant.  To still others it implies sentimentality, superficiality, and an unwillingness to face the hard realities of life.  In point of fact, however, genuine devotional writings have nothing to do with these modern misconceptions.  Rather, they are writings that aim at the transformation of the human personality.  They seek to touch the heart, to address the will, to mold the mind.  They call for radical character formation.  They instill holy habits.  (Foster and Smith, Devotional Classics, p.1) 

As we approach our time together, try to get a copy of the book if you don't already have one (https://renovare.org/books/devotional-classics).  If you get a chance, read the introduction.  Also be praying as we meet online and offline that we may have a gathering that touches our hearts, addresses our wills, and molds our minds.  We want nothing less than radical character transformation!