All the Places to Go (by John Ortberg)

I’ve very much appreciated John Ortberg’s books over the sixteen or so years since I first discovered his writing. He’s an American pastor from an evangelical Baptist background, but he’s far from being a fundamentalist. He writes with some humour, some personal anecdotes, and an excellent way with words that makes even well-known truths take on a new light.

I’m gradually re-reading some of his books, and have just finished ‘All the places to go’. I last read this in 2016, amused that the front ...