Review: Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of
You
John Ortberg
Zondervan
2014
I had read some of Ortberg’s works before and decided to
take a look at this one. He has a way of
taking some really heavy topics and making them much more accessible to
folks. This one is no different as far
as his approach to the idea of soul keeping---that’s keeping as in tending,
caring for. Areas he covered can help
identify some of the maladies typically found today like accepting personal
responsibility, substituting busyness for substance, how to find genuine rest,
and, of particular interest to me, how to deal with those arid times in our
lives. All this is good stuff, definitely
worth the read and some thought.
The problem I had with this book was his meandering between
what was just mentioned and honoring a person who was very important in his life—Dallas
Willard. I am in no way objecting to his
honoring this man, but mixing that with what seemed to be his primary focus—soul
keeping blurred both efforts for me.
Yes, give Willard credit for being a fine mentor for years and years,
but maybe in a separate area? Anyway, I
found it distracting. Other readers may
not. It did encourage me revisit some of
Willard’s writings though.
Overall, this latest from Ortberg is due your consideration
and especially the first chapter in section III, Dark Night of the Soul. For that I will recommend this book.
I received this book from the publisher via BookLook in
return for this review.
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