The Long Obedience

Daily Faithfulness and Spiritual Discipline

The Long Obedience: Daily Faithfulness and Spiritual Discipline invites readers into the quiet strength of a life rooted in steady devotion.

Inspired by Eugene Peterson’s famous phrase, this volume explores what it means to walk with Christ one faithful step at a time — through prayer, Scripture, service, gratitude, simplicity, perseverance, and joy.

Drawing from decades of ministry and reflection, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt writes as a fellow traveler who has learned that faith is not a sprint but a pilgrimage. Through heartfelt teaching, personal stories, poems, and prayers, he guides readers toward a spiritual rhythm of constancy and peace.

Whether read alone or shared in a study group, The Long Obedience offers an encouraging reminder that God’s grace meets us daily in ordinary places — the kitchen table, the pew, the porch, the workplace, the prison chapel — wherever the faithful heart pauses to listen and to love.