I'd like you more if you were more like me : getting real about getting close /
Ortberg, John,
I'd like you more if you were more like me : getting real about getting close / John Ortberg. - xvii, 293 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Are you with me? -- Let's get this straight -- Born to bond that way -- Your bid ... -- Me, myself, and lies -- The joy of jury duty -- We should all be committed -- Something there is that doesn't love a wall -- Naked and unafraid -- The deep down dark -- This time it's personal -- Houston, we have a problem -- Who will cry at your funeral? -- At last.
We were created for deep connections. When people have deep connections, says John Ortberg, they win in life. When they don't have deep connections, they cannot win in life. I'd Like You More if You Were More like Me offers help in overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to making deep connections: the fact that we're so different. Different from God and different from each other. The good news is that contentedness is not based on similarity, but on shared experiences. When one person invites another to share an experience, they're connected. It can be sharing a beautiful sunset or a meal, having a great conversation over cup of coffee, going for walk, or even teasing somebody. And when we share those same experiences with God, we get closer to him, too. God wants to connect with us--so much that he sent his son to live as a human being. God took on flesh and shared every human experience. So we don't have to wonder what a close relationship with God looks like anymore.
9781414379029 1414379021 9781496429568 1496429567 9781414379036 (paperback)
2017016982
Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Individual differences--Religious aspects--Christianity.
I'd like you more if you were more like me : getting real about getting close / John Ortberg. - xvii, 293 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Are you with me? -- Let's get this straight -- Born to bond that way -- Your bid ... -- Me, myself, and lies -- The joy of jury duty -- We should all be committed -- Something there is that doesn't love a wall -- Naked and unafraid -- The deep down dark -- This time it's personal -- Houston, we have a problem -- Who will cry at your funeral? -- At last.
We were created for deep connections. When people have deep connections, says John Ortberg, they win in life. When they don't have deep connections, they cannot win in life. I'd Like You More if You Were More like Me offers help in overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to making deep connections: the fact that we're so different. Different from God and different from each other. The good news is that contentedness is not based on similarity, but on shared experiences. When one person invites another to share an experience, they're connected. It can be sharing a beautiful sunset or a meal, having a great conversation over cup of coffee, going for walk, or even teasing somebody. And when we share those same experiences with God, we get closer to him, too. God wants to connect with us--so much that he sent his son to live as a human being. God took on flesh and shared every human experience. So we don't have to wonder what a close relationship with God looks like anymore.
9781414379029 1414379021 9781496429568 1496429567 9781414379036 (paperback)
2017016982
Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Individual differences--Religious aspects--Christianity.