Become New with John Ortberg

RR. The Good that Suffering Can Bring

What can still grow in your life after you’ve been hurt? John Ortberg explores that question through a story author James Michener remembered from childhood: an aging app

Re-Release: I'm Struggling to Find God

What do you do when God seems absent from your story?  Maybe you still pray, read Scripture, and show up, but the closeness you once felt is gone. Does that mean you’ve

Re-Release: Billions Invested in Leadership but Where are All the Good Leaders?

Everybody wants to make a difference. We spend billions developing leaders, and schools, businesses, and churches all talk about raising up the next generation of them. B

Re-Release: We asked 1,000 people which habits they wish they could break.

Is there a habit you keep trying to break, or one you wish you could finally build? You’re in good company.  When John Ortberg asked the Become New community about their

Re-Release: How to Handle Your LIMIT

What do you do with a part of yourself you wish you could change?  Maybe you feel limited by your personality, your abilities, your age, or something your body can’t do.

Psalms Bonus! What Happens When Someone Really Listens to You

What happens when someone really listens to you? In this special bonus episode, John Ortberg sits down with Become New Creative Director Jackson Lane, who shares a story

Re-Release: The Most Important Thing to Believe About Jesus

Today we're revisiting an episode from SHINE, our walk through the book of Philippians. And there's a reason we're bringing this one back: we've just

Thank You from John and Become New

Thank you for being part of Become New, a global community growing spiritually in Christ, one day at a time. With an impromptu message from John, filmed on his iPhone in

87. The Lord of the Rings' Most Important Lesson

Why did Frodo need Gollum? Coming to you from Hobbiton, New Zealand, John Ortberg explores one of the deepest themes running through J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of th

86. What the Psalms Are Trying to Teach Us

Your life was made to be a Psalm. As this journey through the Psalms draws toward its close, John Ortberg reflects on where the Psalter has been leading us all along. P

85. The Surprising Connection Between Therapy and the Psalms (w/Dr. Rick)

What can a therapist teach us about prayer? John Ortberg sits down with his longtime friend and therapist Dr. Rick to explore the Psalms as a kind of “divine therapy wit

84. How Hope Changes Suffering

Suffering can do one of two things: break us or break us open. Beginning with Frederick Buechner's unforgettable image, John Ortberg explores Psalm 110 and one of t

83. Why Happiness Never Seems to Last

Are you actually experiencing joy, or are you mostly experiencing relief when problems finally go away? In Psalm 68, John Ortberg explores the biblical idea of exultatio

82. There Are 3 Kinds of Friends. Here’s the One You Need.

There are three kinds of friends. Two can be valuable, but the third can actually help you become the person God created you to be. Beginning with Psalm 122 and the simp

81. Two Kinds of Commitment. Only One Transforms You.

There are two kinds of commitments: contracts and covenants. We need both. But John Ortberg explains why one can enhance your life while the other can actually transform

80. How to Get "Unstuck" in Praise

Why does God want us to praise Him? And what if praising God sometimes feels awkward, artificial, or forced? In this reflection on Psalm 67, John Ortberg explores the sa

79. What to Do When You’re Afraid

What do you do when you're afraid? In this reflection on Psalm 62, John Ortberg shares a memorable Dallas Willard story about a terrified cat clinging to a tree, an

78. How to Not Waste Your Most Valuable Asset

Who has your attention? In a world where screens, money, health, worries, ambitions, and countless other forces compete for our focus, John Ortberg asks a deeper questio

77. Finding Perspective Changes Everything

Sometimes you need to stop moving long enough to notice where you actually are. In this reflection on Psalm 100, John Ortberg pulls over at a vista point and invites us

76. What Dallas Willard Taught Us About Psalm 23 (w/Keith Matthews)

What do people experience when they're around you? In this conversation on Psalm 23, John Ortberg is joined by Keith Matthews, who spent 18 years teaching alongside