The Return

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 wi...

Review: The Deeper Life: Satisfying the 8 Vital Longings of Your Soul Daniel Henderson Bethany House 2014 Henderson has identified several questions that most of us have or will have to answer in one way or another throughout our lives.   These are the questions that establish the basis for our decision making along the way, and how we conduct life in general.   You would think that would make them important, but if experience is any indicator, most of us play by ear as the needs arise.   So with that in mind this book could be very helpful to the person who is ready for a different approach to living. The author has divided the book into two parts and follows them with some helpful appendices. He also added questions for discussion that can be used with or without a DVD series related to this material.   Part one is the discussion portion of the book and part two the interactive portion, the part that will require time and thought.   If you w...