Jan Johnson

Author and Speaker

Welcome!

I am an author, speaker, college professor and spiritual director. I love learning, writing and teaching about having an interactive life with God here and now.

I’ve collected all kinds of resources to help you. They include items you can read and download:

  • articles about interacting with God, living a compassionate life and more
  • Bible studies
  • meditation exercises
  • personal retreat guides
  • discussion questions for my books so that you can use them more effectively in groups
  • books for free download (as well as books for sale)
  • a list of retreat centers where you can have your own personal retreat or take a group you lead.

I hope your visit here provides you with what you need today. 

Free Webinar: 
Does God Really Talk to People? 

Thursday, March 26 4 pm PDT   To  register:
https://mailchi.mp/dwillard.org/does-god-talk-to-people

 

New Online Course!

Developing a Conversational Life with God 

Course Description:
Learn to cultivate an ongoing conversational relationship with God that moves beyond mechanical prayer to back-and-forth exchanges about real life situations. We explore how to recognize God's voice, hear God in Scripture, ask God questions, and learn how to make requests that leave room for God to speak to our heart.  (Based on Dallas Willard's book Hearing God and Jan's book When the Soul Listens.)
 
Session Descriptions
 
Session 1: Never Alone
You are never alone because you were made to have an interactive life with God, where you are loved, empowered and functioning fully as God’s partner, not God’s puppet.
 
Session 2: The Still, Small Voice
The still, small voice of God is the intimate communication of how friends and partners communicate. God’s voice is firm but kind, giving you what you need to move forward.
 
Session 3: Hearing God in Scripture
God speaks to us in Scripture, as we learn to pause and reflect, as God tells us what we need to hear in that moment.
 
Session 4: Staying in Conversation
God is full of wisdom for the asking, so we ask, we pause, we reflect and discover that wisdom.
 
Session 5: How Requests Fit in the Conversation
Prayer is more than presenting a list of requests to God, but talking things over with God and partnering with God in today’s endeavors.
 
Thursdays 4:00 pm Pacific / 5:00 pm Mountain
      (April 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7)
Tuesdays 10:00 am Pacific / 11:00 am Mountain
      (April 14, 21, 28, May 5, May 12)

Join the interest list:  https://mailchi.mp/dwillard/conversational-life-interest

 

Latest Publication:

What does it mean to live day-to-day in the kingdom of God?

The Scandal of the Kingdom Workbook, based on the teachings of the late beloved author Dallas Willard, will aid you in this kind of exploration of many of the parables that Jesus told. Each lesson will help you understand the heart behind a parable, how Jesus used it to communicate the realities of God and life in his kingdom.

  • Hearing What Jesus Said: The truths that Jesus was revealing
  • Thinking About What Jesus Said: How those truths apply to you
  • Responding to What Jesus Said: What actions to take

 

User Comment:  VERY helpful! I have no problem to understanding what Dallas explains in the book, "The Scandal.." But the workbook nails it down in my soul. I swim as fast as I can through deep waters but I thank you for your readiness to do that for us readers.

 

Featured Retreat:  Practicing the Presence of God in Ministry Madness

Fleshed out from Dallas's article:  The Secret of Ministry Satisfaction

Session 1: From Mechanical to Relational
Session 2: Recognizing the Voice of God
Session 3: Staying in the Conversation with God
Session 4:  People as Holy Ground

 

 

Learn More!

 
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  •  PODCASTS

Wellspring Soulcare Podcast:
           You Do the Connecting, God Does the Perfecting

   

 

Holy Shift Show  

Simplicity:  Why Less is More in Life and Faith

 

 

Renovare Podcasts     

NEW:   The Scandal of the Kingdom

  Jan Johnson & Nathan Foster discuss the new book based on Dallas Willard's teaching on the parables of Jesus on the Kingdom of God. 

Other Episodes With Jan

Ep 255: Jan Johnson —  Being Glad with God 
                                                 (the spiritual practice of celebration)
Nathan & I had great fun talking about what it means to live in the moment with God, being playful and fully entering into life. 

Jan and Rusty talk about learning to listen to God in prayer, obstacles to hearing God accurately and other topics in When the Soul Listens

Jim and Jan talk about contemplative prayer and hanging out with Jesus in and around When the Soul Listens


  • A New Day podcast with Pastor Graeme Anderson,     Sydney, Australia. Helping people follow Jesus as they are and where they are.

           Watch and/or listen here: Facebook  Spotify  iTunes


  • Grace Enough podcast with Amber Cullum    

Topics:  enjoying Jesus, quieting the mind, ridding your life of life-draining behaviors, God’s invitations and hearing God.

Itunes

Show notes

WOMEN IN THE ACADEMY AND PROFESSIONS  (Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Graduate & Faculty Ministries) 
 

Great Commandment: What does it look like to love God/love person in front of me for the next 10 minutes?  


TEACHING
  • Sermon on "Joseph the Just"
     --being restorative instead of accusative.      Really helped me!   https://www.facebook.com/LifesongChristianCommunities/videos/384235529514299

 

YOU-VERSION APP

24 SPECIALLY SELECTED SESSIONS from Hearing God through the Year are included in the YouVersion's Reading Plans. 
Open the App, click on Reading Plans and type in Dallas Willard.
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