Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You

John Ortberg

Apr 2014 · HarperChristian + ORM

About this ebook

When is the last time you thought about the state of your soul? Bestselling author John Ortberg guides you through practical steps to restoring your soul so you can finally experience a life of wholeness, balance, and hope.

In an age of materialism and consumerism where many people try to buy their way to happiness, many souls are starved and unhealthy, unsatisfied by false promises of status and wealth. We've neglected this eternal part of ourselves, focusing instead on the temporal concerns of the world--and not without consequence.

Including reflections from his decades-long relationship with his friend and mentor Dallas Willard, Ortberg presents another classic that will help you discover your soul--the most important connection to God there is--and find your way out of the spiritual shallow-lands to true divine depth.

Join Ortberg as he guides you through the three distinct aspects of Soul Keeping:

• Discovering what the soul is
• Learning what the soul needs
• Experiencing the joy of a restored soul

With his characteristic insight and an accessible, story-filled approach, Ortberg will help you connect more deeply every day with the God who gave you life to bring more meaning, hope, and abundance to that life.

Praise for Soul Keeping:

"This book will not only help you to realize that you have a soul, an interior life, and reveal its importance, but will also give you some tools and handles to grab as you develop that life. It will help you to get grounded again, or even for the first time, with the One who first breathed that life into you, and Who desires every day to breathe more and more life into every corner of your being."

--Dr. Henry Cloud, New York Times bestselling author of Boundaries and Changes That Heal

Ratings and reviews

Fundamental book on how to approach faith and existence in the eternal struggle between Good and Bad. Light and Dark.... The book got me to believe we all are in the first place an eternal soul, temporarily in a physical body, living a finite life on earth. Our lifetime mission is to find our place and role in God's plan. After death and God's judgement of our faith, our eternal soul will continue in existence, either with God or with Satan.

Spreads out those parts of that make up our inner world..Exceptional work..Has joyously provided me with God,s Presence. praise God

Was recommended to me by my pastor, such an amazing book. I can not even begin to speak of great this book is.

About the author

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.