In Spiritual Disciplines Devotional: A Year of Readings, through daily selections with easy to grasp thoughts on spiritual practices, Valerie Hess introduces the core disciplines of the Christian life. Each month focuses on one of twelve core disciplines for Christian formation. This allows the user to soak in the rich principles behind each practice as part of a day-to-day study. With each discipline there are readings for five days a week for four weeks. Every session contains a Bible verse and a short teaching. The introduction to each discipline contains practical application ideas that you can incorporate week-to-week, including ways for involving children in the practices. InterVarsity Press, softcover, 301 pages.