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 unvarnished voyage from backwoods to high steeple Jan 30, 2009
Dr. Johnson relates a painful but ultimately successful story of a backwoods teen in rural Alabama who believes he has heard "the word" to a successful and respected church leader,lecturer and consultant. This is not the typical self aggrandizement of the senior statesman looking to self justify with an effort in ego publication. Dr. Johnson shares his personal and professional failures, setbacks and repeated rejection by academic and religious hierarchy with unvarnished, sometimes embarrassing candor. The author seems to learn from his experiences and so may we.
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 Winsome & Practical Jan 30, 2009
I am a pastor and have both found this book both personally useful and I have also given away six or more copies in recent years to people who were looking for a model for how one engages in deep, prayerful reflection on one's life. Ben Johnson's book provides a sort of template for this kind of reflection. Beginning with early memories and working his way through the decades, Ben searches for those places where he can discern the movement of the Spirit shaping him and celebrates each of those moments.
Confessing A Life does a fine job of recognizing the value and beauty of each stage in the journey. What he is at the beginning is something different from who he becomes in the end -- except that throughout the whole spiritual odyssey he remains God's beloved child. Recognizing the beauty, sacredness, and rich potential in each moment of ones life is one of the best lessons this book teaches and I have benefitted from that lesson.
Further, the book provides some easy to follow and practical guidance to anyone who would like to explore the spiritual odyssey which is their own life before God. The discipline of deep and prayer reflection on one's life can lead to rich insight and growing trust in God's presence and purpose. The book would have been helpful even without the "how to" portions -- but with them it is a true gem.
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