Survival Guide for the Soul by Ken Shigematsu

Survival Guide for the Soul
by Ken Shigematsu

MasterLectures Video
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Source: Free month offer from MasterLectures.

Video Series Description:
We live in a society that pressures us to achieve professionally, socially, and through the constant acquisition of material possessions. Drawing on a wide range of sources including Scripture, church history, psychology, and neuroscience, as well as a rich variety of stories from his own life, author and pastor Ken Shigematsu demonstrates how the gospel redeems our desires and reorders our lives.

The Survival Guide for the Soul Video Study, along with its accompanying book, Survival Guide for the Soul, offers fresh perspective on how certain spiritual practices help orient our lives so that our souls can flourish in the midst of a demanding, competitive society. Lessons conclude with a liberating and counter-cultural definition of true greatness.

This video study will appeal to anyone who longs to experience a deeper relationship with Christ in the midst of the daily pressures to succeed, as well as to those on the borderlands of faith seeking to transcend the human tendency to define ourselves by our production and success.

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My Review:
The total series takes just about 3 hours to watch.

Survival Guide for the Soul is a video series about redefining true greatness by using God's definition instead of the world's. The speaker also explained some spiritual practices that help us stay on track. He talked about taking on the yoke of God's love for us, our tendency to strive to 'be enough,' and things we can do to grow closer to God, like meditation on Scripture, doing the Sabbath, practicing gratitude, giving money to help others, serving others, being a good friend, and through the job that we choose. He was easy to listen to and understand. Overall, I'd recommend this series.

Session 1 - Introduction
Session 2 - The Divided Self
Session 3 - The Whole Self
Session 4 - Spiritual Practices
Session 5 - Meditation
Session 6 - Sabbath
Session 7 - Gratitude
Session 8 - Simple Abundance
Session 9 - Servanthood
Session 10 - Friendship
Session 11 - Vocation
Session 12 - Redefining Greatness


"And our sense of being 'enough' isn't something we achieve, it's something we receive. It's not something we create, it's something that's confered upon us by another." God.
from Session 2, Survival Guide for the Soul by Ken Shigematsu


If you've wached this video series, what do you think about it? I'd be honored if you wrote your own opinion of the book in the comments.