The Well-Played Life - Sweet, Leonard
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Do you secretly think that the harder you work, the more God is pleased with you? You can live like that--for a while. But imagine what it might mean instead to unclench your teeth, loosen your grip, and actually experience God's pleasure in you--not just in everything you are doing for Him? The Well-Played Life is a journey of a life filled with richness, fruitfulness, and creativity of living in God's pleasure. Renowned author Leonard Sweet explores what it means to please God in the nitty-gritty of life; how that changes from the time we are 5 to the time we are 50; and how in every age of…mehr

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Do you secretly think that the harder you work, the more God is pleased with you? You can live like that--for a while. But imagine what it might mean instead to unclench your teeth, loosen your grip, and actually experience God's pleasure in you--not just in everything you are doing for Him? The Well-Played Life is a journey of a life filled with richness, fruitfulness, and creativity of living in God's pleasure. Renowned author Leonard Sweet explores what it means to please God in the nitty-gritty of life; how that changes from the time we are 5 to the time we are 50; and how in every age of our lives, in everything we do, we can experience God's gift of play. The Well-Played Life faith formation away from "work at it" to "play at it" and enjoying (and being enjoyed by) God. Discover how a Sabbath way of Christian joy is not only possible but also how we were designed ... and a core part of God's design for humanity.
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Author of more than two hundred articles, 1500+ published sermons, hundreds of YouTube vlogs, and over seventy books, Leonard Sweet's recent publications include "Rings of Fire," "Telos" (with Len Wilson), Contextual Intelligence (with Michael Beck), and "Designer Jesus" (forthcoming fall 2023), the companion volume to "Jesus Human."Sweet often appears on the "50 Most Influential Christians in America" listings, and in 2010 was selected by the top non-English Christian website Christian Telegraph as one of the "Top 10 Influential World Christians." His semiotic "LenTalks" are posted weekly on YouTube, and his "Napkin Scribbles" podcasts can be accessed on leonardsweet.com or Spotify. His Twitter and Facebook microblogs are widely read and quoted.Former President of United Theological Seminary, Vice-President of Graduate Studies at Drew University, and Dean of Drew Seminary, Dr. Sweet now works with graduate students at four institutions: Drew University, where he has occupied the E. Stanley Jones Chair, George Fox University, Northwind Seminary, and Southeastern University. Beginning in his late 20s, Sweet has written a lectionary-based sermon every week for various preaching resources like the journal Homiletics (11 years), preachingplus.com (six years), and sermons.com (eight years). In 2015 he launched his own homiletics resource preachthestory.com. One of the most sought-after speakers in the religious world today, he and his wife Tia and family reside on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands, where they operate a cottage and retreat (aka "advance") business called Sanctuary Seaside.