Fast-food restaurants. Rapid weight-loss diets. On-line shopping. The Internet. Getting rich quick. Today’s society looks for instant gratification and results. More. Better. Quicker. Richer. Often the values of our consumer society shape our view of discipleship. We demand instant godliness, overnight “success” in the Christian life. As a result we end up discouraged and frustrated by the shallowness of our walk with God. Richard Foster spells out our