A FullHearted Life, Jake Owensby
A FullHearted Life, Jake Owensby
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A Full-Hearted Life
Following Jesus in This Secular Age

Author: Jake Owensby

Narrator: Lyle Blaker

Unabridged: 4 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2025


Synopsis

Meaningful answers for life's big questions.

Everyone must ask life's big questions. Even people who reject any hint of the supernatural and insist that nothing exists apart from matter will have to find meaning for themselves. To put this another way, the defining mark of our secular age is not the absence of belief, but rather the effect on our consciousness of the sheer number of competing belief systems. That effect is fragilization.

And so, belief is fragile. We don't have to believe what we believe. We could believe something else entirely.

This book articulates how believing in Jesus gives us a sense of who we are, why we're here, what the good life is, and how to move toward that good life.

This is not traditional apologetics, offering logical proofs that God exists or that Jesus is God incarnate or that all those alternative belief systems are false. Put simply, the aim of this book is to help you see for yourself and to explain to others how Christian belief and Christian practice can make life meaningful.

About Jake Owensby

Jake Owensby is the author of four books, including A Resurrection Shaped Life. He is the fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana. Before his election as Bishop in 2012, he served as Dean of St. Mark's Cathedral in Shreveport. Prior to that, he was rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Stephen's in Huntsville, Alabama, and assistant rector for Christian Formation at St. Mark's in Jacksonville, Florida. Owensby is a graduate of the School of Theology at Sewanee, and was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in the Diocese of Florida. He has three adult children and lives in Alexandria, Louisiana, with his wife, Joy, and rescue pup, Gracie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea on March 23, 2025

Amazing insight "Following Jesus means to navigate our way through life with the Spirit of love, because we know ourselves to be loved beyond reason." Yes, this is a quote from near the end of the book but it truly summarizes the whole devotional aspect as Bishop Owensby through personal reflection a......more

Goodreads review by Betsey on March 07, 2025

This book is good for anyone who is wondering what Jesus has to do with living life today, as well as for Christians who want to move deeper in their faith. Full of personal stories and relatable anecdotes, each chapter also concludes with questions to invite further reflection. Bishop Owensby is cl......more