The Life You've Always Wanted (Running Press Miniature Editions) [Hardcover]

John Ortberg (Author)

Book Description

Series: Running Press Miniature Editions | Publication Date: March 16, 2004

Learn how to attain growth throughout life and travel toward the path of true transformation in this inspiring self-help book. This Inspirio Miniature Edition™ of a bestselling Christian title offers modern perspectives on spiritual disciplines with humor and warmth.

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About the Author

John Ortberg is a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. He is the author of Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them, The Life You’ve Always Wanted, and Love Beyond Reason. He has also written for Christianity Today, and frequently contributes to the Leadership Journal.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Running Press Miniature Editions (March 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762418737
• ISBN-13: 978-0762418732
• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 2.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,286,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #97 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality > Gifts

More About the Author

John Ortberg is a pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California. He is the bestselling author of Faith & Doubt; When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box; God Is Closer Than You Think; The Life You've Always Wanted; Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them; If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat; Love Beyond Reason; and (with Kevin Harney) the multimedia curriculum Old Testament Challenge. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book -- TINY SIZE -- buy full sized copy, not this, May 28, 2004

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Mary S. (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Life You've Always Wanted (Running Press Miniature Editions) (Hardcover)

The book by John Ortberg is an excellent, humorous, thought-provoking call to discipleship. I strongly recommend the book. Just be certain that you buy the actual FULL SIZED version of it, not this TINY and very difficult to read version which I purchased by mistake. When a book "deal" looks too good to be true (price-wise), check into it. It probably is....
Buy the original full-sized edition, not this one.
I hope that Amazon will make it much more clear that this version for $4 is NOT the standard full-sized edition.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too small to be worth much..., April 24, 2006

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Chad Oberholtzer (Boalsburg, PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life You've Always Wanted (Running Press Miniature Editions) (Hardcover)

It is hard to understand why this miniature version of Ortberg's highly acclaimed book was ever published. Though it is clearly indicated as miniature, it is hard to imagine just how small this book is until you are actually trying to read it. The book is literally smaller than the palm of my hand. This makes for the most tedious process of trying to read it, as the pages and font are correspondingly tiny.

More frustrating than the ridiculous logistics of this book, however, is the fact that it results in the loss of most of the content of the original. Knowing that the book had been miniaturized, I anticipated that it would probably be tedious and cumbersome to read. I never imagined that it would be so small that it would be essentially reduced to a handful of bullet points, rather than meaningful prose in Ortberg's typical style.

I gave this book 2 stars because Ortberg's ideas about spiritual disciplines are worth considering, even in such an abbreviated format. However, I would suggest that any potential reader would be well-served to purchase the regular version of this book and read it instead, as I plan to do soon.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't realize it was a miniature book, September 18, 2005

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Debra J. Smart "Celtic Angel" (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life You've Always Wanted (Running Press Miniature Editions) (Hardcover)

My own fault, but I didn't realize it was a miniature book that I ordered. I ended up having to purchase the full sized book in addition to the miniature one because I needed the full version for a study group.