Apr 21, 2020
Everyone's lives have been changed because of COVID-19. Almost
overnight we experienced a huge amount of change all at once that
has been traumatizing for many people.
This is a very timely episode and we really encourage you to sit
with this one, slow down and really take it in.
On today's episode, Alan sits down with author, teacher,
counselor, and president of Ransomed Heart, John Eldredge.
This is a very real and raw conversation about John's book Get Your
Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad. John shares his
burnout process and how he got through it.
About John
John Eldredge is
an author (you probably figured that out), a counselor, and a
teacher. He is also president of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted
to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own
hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's Kingdom. John grew
up in the suburbs of Los Angeles (which he hated), and spent his
boyhood summers on his grandfather's cattle ranch in eastern Oregon
(which he loved). John met his wife, Stasi, in high school (in
drama class). But their romance did not begin until they each came
to faith in Christ, after high school. John earned his
undergraduate degree in Theater at Cal Poly, and directed a theater
company in Los Angeles for several years before moving to Colorado
with Focus on the Family, where he taught at the Focus on the
Family Institute.
John earned his master's degree in Counseling from Colorado
Christian University, under the direction of Larry Crabb and Dan
Allender. He worked as a counselor in private practice before
launching Ransomed Heart in 2000. John and Stasi live in Colorado
Springs with their three sons (Samuel, Blaine, and Luke), their
golden retriever (Oban), and two horses (Whistle and Kokolo). While
all of this is factually true, it somehow misses describing an
actual person. He loves the outdoors passionately, and all beauty,
Shakespeare, bow hunting, a good cigar, anything having to do with
adventure, poetry, March Madness, working in the shop, fly fishing,
classic rock, the Tetons, fish tacos, George MacDonald, green tea,
buffalo steaks, dark chocolate, wild and open places, horses
running, and too much more to name. He also uses the expression
"far out" way too much.
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