Become New with John Ortberg 37. On Waking Up
Sep 28, 2021
A reflections on resisting the hunger for constant novelty and rediscovering contentment in daily rhythms. C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape is read to expose how restlessness corrodes joy. Plenty of practical encouragement to see routine anew, savor familiar people and tasks, and embrace steady spiritual rhythms.
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Rhythm Reconciles Novelty And Permanence
- God balances our love of change with a love of permanence so rhythm satisfies both desires.
- John Ortberg cites C.S. Lewis's idea that rhythm (seasons, liturgical year) unites novelty and recurrence into a single gift.
Choose To Embrace The Same Old Day
- Embrace the same old things today instead of pursuing endless novelty.
- Ortberg urges seeing familiar routines as unique moments: this day is new even if it feels like the same day.
Horror Of Sameness Drives Spiritual Restlessness
- The 'horror of the same old thing' fuels constant restlessness and heresies according to Screwtape.
- Ortberg reads Lewis: craving perpetual novelty produces inconstancy in relationships, counsel, and faith.
