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About John Ortberg
American evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor
John Carl Ortberg Jr. is an American evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor. He served for 17 years as senior pastor of Menlo Church in Menlo Park, California. Ortberg is known for writing and speaking on Christian faith and for his work in church leadership. Menlo Church is an ECO Presbyterian congregation, and during his tenure it had more than 4,000 members.
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- “Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me.”John Ortberg
- “I have always heard that you need to give yourself a long time to unplug when you do a sabbatical. I unplugge…”John Ortberg
- “Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.”John Ortberg
- “Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.”John Ortberg
Explore Presence
- “[The Void Which Binds] actual but unaccessible presence in our universe is one of the prime causes for our sp…”Dan Simmons
- “Rather he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he…”Colum McCann
- “Maybe journey is not so much a journey ahead, or a journey into space, but a journey into presence.”Nelle Morton
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- “The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exh…”Elihu Root
- “He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!”Anne Frank
- “A crisis can knock us off balance, making us afraid, vulnerable, and ripe for change. This also happens in ou…”Janet O. Hagberg
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Books by John Ortberg
God Is Closer Than You Think
2005
When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box
2007
Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them
2005
The life you've always wanted
1997
Soul keeping
2014