John Ortberg is a pastor, author, and speaker. He presently leads the ministry Become New focused on helping people grow spiritually one day at a time.
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An excerpt from our conversation with Kara Powell on the Formation Podcast.
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There's only three reasons someone needs to be managed:
1. Lacking competence
2. Lacking context
3. Lack conscientiousness
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Many years ago a wise friend named Max DePree told me he had a little cabinet or secretariat of three people who served as mentors or guides or wisdom figures for his life. He would keep questions about his life and faith and family and work and learning during the week, and then once a month check in with each of these three.
Max was wayyyyy smarter than me, so I thought if he could benefit from that I need it twice as much. Which has turned out to be true. - John
ALT Text by John Ortberg discussing mentorship from Max DePree.
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"Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for he is going to say: I came as a guest, and you received Me..."
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An excerpt from our conversation with Glenn Packiam on the 12-step tradition applied to spiritual formation.
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Practice routinely purposeful kindness and intelligent acts of beauty.
- Dallas Willard
ALT A person gestures with text overlay: 'Practice routinely purposeful kindness and intelligent acts of beauty.'
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My parents used to tell the story of visiting an open house when two enormous and aggressive German Shepherds came racing around the corner. My mother (not a dog fan) jumped inside the house and slammed the door shut. My father banged on the door and begged to be let in. "No John," came the answer. "I love you. But those dogs..."
I think it is fear, more than anything else, that causes us to close the door of our hearts. Love (almost) always opens doors. - John
ALT Quote from John Ortberg about a fear of dogs and love.
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The spiritual disciplines are meant to be training for a cruciform life.
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Asked to compress two decades of research into one sentence, Kara Powell landed here — and her team still signs off on it years later. The whole thesis, in a line.
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Glenn Packiam on the intersection of agency and pathway.
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Carey on the complexities of Christians using AI for spiritual guidance.
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Resurrection is not just for a nicer today, it's for a radically new tomorrow.
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The creed is the rope of irreducible minimum that we need today.
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You can't judge the composition by the performer.
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