Richard Foster in Celebration of Discipline outlines the difference between self-righteous service and selfless service. It can be hard sometimes to see the difference in others so let this be a means to examine our own motives:
- Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside.
- Self-righteous service is impressed with the "big deal." True servi…
ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., Celebration of Discipline, by Richard Foster