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Formation is a podcast for leaders, seekers, and lifelong learners at the intersection of theology, psychology, and lived wisdom. Hosted by John Ortberg, PhD, each episode explores the science and soul of spiritual flourishing: what shapes us, what changes us, and what it means to be fully human. Topics include: - Spiritual formation - Contemplative practice - The psychology of transformation and habit change - Leadership, character, and the inner life - Theology in dialogue with modern science - Emotional health, resilience, and purpose
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- 5 days ago24 min
FN002. John Ortberg on Interpreting Genesis & What It Means to Be Chosen
What if understanding the ancient world could change the way you read Genesis? In this episode of Footnotes, Jackson Lane sits down with John Ortberg to revisit John's conversation with Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman III. Together, they explore how understanding biblical genre, ancient culture, and the questions Scripture was originally addressing can deepen our understanding of the Bible today. John shares how discovering other ancient Near Eastern creation and flood stories initially...
- 2 weeks ago40 min
FN001. John Ortberg on Transcendence, the Loss of Enchantment, and Curiosity About God | Tyler Staton
How are we to remain curious about God? John Ortberg and Jackson Lane return to Formation’s debut conversation with Tyler Staton for the first installment of Footnotes, a new post-show where we get to examine John’s thoughts after each episode. Tyler’s sincerity in Formation episode 001 led John to examine his own life: his relationship with humor, transcendence, and even marriage. Listen for a conversation about keeping wonder alive, what marriage reveals in us, and bringing our real ...
- Sep 30, 20261h 18m
012. The Apple Store Creator on Why the Most Important Thing You Bring to Work Is You ft. Ron Johnson
What if the most important thing you bring to work isn’t your résumé, your expertise, or even your ideas? Ron Johnson helped transform Target, built the Apple Store alongside Steve Jobs, and later became CEO of JCPenney. Across a career spent reimagining some of the biggest names in retail, he came to believe that your most important contribution at work is something no résumé can capture: your inner voice. It’s the perspective you discover when you get still enough to realize what you actu...
- Sep 16, 20261h 16m
11. This Ancient Creed Can Rescue Us From Spiritual Homelessness ft. Glenn Packiam | 011
This year the Nicene Creed turns 1,700 years old, and Glenn Packiam thinks it might be the most important thing the modern church has forgotten how to use. In this conversation, John and Glenn talk about the difference between hope and comfort, how the ancient world considered hope a weakness, and why the Creed's insistence on saying "we believe" instead of "I believe" might be the most countercultural thing a Christian can do today. ABOUT THE GUEST Glenn Packiam is the Lead Pastor of Rockh...
- Sep 2, 20261h 33m
10. A Systems Theory Expert on the Anxiety Running Your Team ft. Steve Cuss
What happens when the person managing everyone else's anxiety is the most anxious one in the room? Steve Cuss joins John for a conversation that starts in a childhood home in Western Australia and ends up inside the emotional wiring of every leader, marriage, and church staff meeting. Steve talks candidly about growing up in a household run by unpredictable anger, the confidence he built on a foundation of fear, and the hospital chaplaincy that stripped all of it away. What emerges is a wor...
- Aug 19, 202640 min
AMA01. Predestination, Soul Care, Navigating Church Hurt, and Healing Childhood Wounds
Since Formation launched, we've talked about giving our listeners the chance to have their questions answered by John. This is that episode. No guest this time, just John and Creative Director, Jackson, working through the questions you sent in when you left a review, on everything from predestination to spiritual abuse to what AI is doing to his own attention span. Want your question answered for the next one? Leave us a review for a chance to ask John anything about spiritual formation or l...
- Aug 5, 20261h 21m
009. Everything You Need to Know About the Next Generation ft. Kara Powell
About the Guest Kara Powell leads the Fuller Youth Institute as its Executive Director, where for more than twenty years her team has tracked how young people are changing across three generational cohorts, from Millennials to Gen Z to Gen Alpha. She holds a PhD in Practical Theology and has helped shape some of the most widely used research on the next generation. AMA Opportunity Leave us a review for a chance to ask John a question on an upcoming episode. To enter, follow the podcast, leave...
- Jul 22, 20261h 16m
008. As the World Gets More Synthetic, the Church Must Get More Human ft. Carey Nieuwhof
In this episode of Formation, John Ortberg sits down with Carey Nieuwhof to talk leadership, fame, faith, and what it means for the church to stay human as the world turns synthetic. Carey Nieuwhof has spent the last decade in a chair few people occupy: hundreds of conversations a year with pastors, CEOs, authors, and public thinkers, watching up close what success does to a person's character. In this conversation with John Ortberg, recorded in the redwoods of Northern California, that vant...
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About Formation with John Ortberg
Formation is a podcast for leaders, seekers, and lifelong learners at the intersection of theology, psychology, and lived wisdom. Hosted by John Ortberg, PhD, each episode explores the science and soul of spiritual flourishing: what shapes us, what changes us, and what it means to be fully human. Topics include: - Spiritual formation - Contemplative practice - The psychology of transformation and habit change - Leadership, character, and the inner life - Theology in dialogue with modern science - Emotional health, resilience, and purpose
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