
Soul Keeping
Caring For the Most Important Part of You
Author: John Ortberg
Narrator: Tommy Cresswell
Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 04/22/2014

Author: John Ortberg
Narrator: Tommy Cresswell
Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 04/22/2014
John Ortberg is the senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (MPPC) in the San Francisco Bay Area. His bestselling books include Soul Keeping, Who Is This Man?, and If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat. John teaches around the world at conferences and churches, writes articles for Christianity Today and Leadership Journal, and is on the board of the Dallas Willard Center and Fuller Seminary. He has preached sermons on Abraham Lincoln, The LEGO Movie, and The Gospel According to Les Miserables. John and his wife Nancy enjoy spending time with their three adult children, dog Baxter, and surfing the Pacific. You can follow John on twitter @johnortberg or check out the latest news/blogs on his website at www.johnortberg.com.
John's one of my favorite authors. His book, The Life You've Always Wanted, had a significant impact on me. Soul Keeping was fantastic as well. Here are some takeaways: Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Arrange your days so......more
Open-heart surgery. That's the best way I can describe my experience reading this book. Ortberg is one of the authors that I appreciate most, for his gift of tackling deep and important matters of faith in an encouraging, authentic manner. But this book resonated with me at a whole different level.......more
My first thought was that I wondered why Dallas Willard was a focus when the book was not marketed that way on the cover and title. But then I realized how important it is to connect the main idea of the book with personhood and community, and that was perfectly embodied in the way Ortberg weaved in......more
The best book I read in 2017. A favourite quote: "Self is a stand-alone, do-it-yourself unit, while the soul reminds us we were not made for ourselves. The soul always exists before God. So soul is needed for deep art, poetry, and music...Innately we know that the self is not the soul, even as we do......more
GREAT. Surprised me and completely exceeded my expectations! I haven't highlighted a book that much in a decade. Just wow. So good. Stirring. Enlightening. Inspiring. Probably not what you expect. Read it.......more