Zusatztext Running On Empty is more than a book title; it has become a way of life. But there is another! much better way. Fil Anderson points us to it with grace! thoughtfulness! and style. Read him and be filled again. John Ortberg! author of Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them This book is for those who have found it easier to take care of our schedule than to take care of our soul. For the unfortunate majority who keep running because we don't know how to stop! Fil Anderson provides a compelling roadmap home where we can finally stop and snuggle up in the arms of God. Michael Yaconelli! author of Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People and Dangerous Wonder: The Adventure of Childlike Faith Fil Anderson invites you to discover the difference between believing that God is love and experiencing the love of God. As the author makes clear! it's the difference in life and death for your soul. Craig Barnes! author of When God Interrupts Running on Empty is an oasis for those who allow a life of busyness to drive us toward emptiness. Fil Anderson' s honesty and vulnerability can lead us all toward the One who fills us eternally. Denny Rydberg! president of Young Life What a fresh voice Fil Anderson brings to all of us who struggle to be with Jesus! and not just do for him. This book draws me back to the wonder of the gospelwhich is the best recommendation I could give any book. Paula Rinehart! author of Strong Women! Soft Hearts and Sex and the Soul of a Woman Fil Anderson has written a deeply personal story of his own walk with God. In doing so! he is brave and caring enough to share with us many practical ways to deepen our own walk. Bob Buford! founder of Leadership Network and author of Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance If you're caught in the rat race! at the edge of burnout! or even too busy to notice! Running on Empty offers help and hope. Here is a Christian response to the drivenness of modern American culture! a response that offers both inspiration and down-to-earth wisdom. Gerald May! author of Will and Spirit and Addiction and Grace Running on Empty offers hope that we can learn to accept the love of God in our brokenness. Our busyness can be quieted and our souls can learn to be at peace in the face of God's unrestrained love. Devlin Donaldson! The Elevation Group! co-author of Pinocchio Nation Fil Anderson provides fellow travelers with practical ideas and tools for walking the journey with and toward Christ. This deeply personal book gives believers like me hope of moving from religious compulsions to a fresh relationship with the Lord. Tom Wilson! president/CEO of Leadership Network Informationen zum Autor Fil Anderson is executive director of Journey Resources, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. He's a frequent speaker at conferences, offers individual spiritual direction, and directs retreats and workshops around the country (for more information, visit www.journeyresources.org). A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Fuller Theological Seminary, he also completed the Graduate Program in Spiritual Guidance at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Bethesda, Maryland. Fil worked with Young Life for twenty-five years, serving as area director and regional director before becoming national director of training. Klappentext Learn to live with God instead of for God. In this candid and achingly authentic book, Fil Anderson shares the healing insights that restored his spiritual compass and guided him back to God--the God who specializes in fillin...

“Running On Empty is more than a book title; it has become a way of life. But there is another, much better way. Fil Anderson points us to it with grace, thoughtfulness, and style. Read him and be filled again.” –John Ortberg, author of *Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them

“This book is for those who have found it easier to take care of our schedule than to take care of our soul. For the unfortunate majority who keep running because we don’t know how to stop, Fil Anderson provides a compelling roadmap home where we can finally stop and snuggle up in the arms of God.”  
–Michael Yaconelli, author of Messy Spirituality: God’s Annoying Love for Imperfect People and *Dangerous Wonder: The Adventure of Childlike Faith
“Fil Anderson invites you to discover the difference between believing that God is love and experiencing the love of God. As the author makes clear, it’s the difference in life and death for your soul.” –Craig Barnes, author of *When God Interrupts
“Running on Empty is an oasis for those who allow a life of busyness to drive us toward emptiness. Fil Anderson’ s honesty and vulnerability can lead us all toward the One who fills us eternally.” –Denny Rydberg, president of Young Life
“What a fresh voice Fil Anderson brings to all of us who struggle to be with Jesus, and not just do for him. This book draws me back to the wonder of the gospel–which is the best recommendation I could give any book.” –Paula Rinehart, author of Strong Women, Soft Hearts and Sex and the Soul of a Woman
“Fil Anderson has written a deeply personal story of his own walk with God. In doing so, he is brave and caring enough to share with us many practical ways to deepen our own walk.”
–Bob Buford, founder of Leadership Network and author of Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance 

“If you’re caught in the rat race, at the edge of burnout, or even too busy to notice, Running on Empty offers help and hope. Here is a Christian response to the drivenness of modern American culture, a response that offers both inspiration and down-to-earth wisdom.” –Gerald May, author of Will and Spirit and Addiction and Grace

“Running on Empty offers hope that we can learn to accept the love of God in our brokenness. Our busyness can be quieted and our souls can learn to be at peace in the face of God’s unrestrained love.” –Devlin Donaldson, The Elevation Group, co-author of *Pinocchio Nation
“Fil Anderson provides fellow travelers with practical ideas and tools for walking the journey with and toward Christ. This deeply personal book gives believers like me hope of moving from religious compulsions to a fresh relationship with the Lord.” –Tom Wilson, president/CEO of Leadership Network

Autorentext
Fil Anderson is executive director of Journey Resources, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. He’s a frequent speaker at conferences, offers individual spiritual direction, and directs retreats and workshops around the country (for more information, visit www.journeyresources.org). A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Fuller Theological Seminary, he also completed the Graduate Program in Spiritual Guidance at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Bethesda, Maryland. Fil worked with Young Life for twenty-five years, serving as area director and regional director before becoming national director of training.

Klappentext

Learn to live with God instead of for God. In this candid and achingly authentic book, Fil Anderson shares the healing insights that restored his spiritual compass and guided him back to God--the God who specializes in filling empty souls.

Fil Anderson had accomplished more for God than most of his contemporaries, but his worn-out body housed an empty soul. His frenetic pace of ministry had earned him just one thing: greater pressure to do even more. He had fallen for the soul-killing lie that doing more for God would give his life meanin…