{"id":29296,"date":"2023-06-06T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/podcast\/jeff-crosby-meeting-god-in-the-longings-of-our-heart\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:30:00","slug":"jeff-crosby-meeting-god-in-the-longings-of-our-heart","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/jeff-crosby-meeting-god-in-the-longings-of-our-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Crosby: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For over fifteen years, writer Jeff Crosby has been searching for a language of the soul&#8211;a way to articulate our deepest longings. Through his book <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781506480541\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> he gifts us with those so-often-untranslatable desires of our hearts, guiding us to finally find the words and luminous insights for our own longings for home, for friendship, for forgiveness, and for transformation&#8211;and how God meets us in the midst of these longings.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Crosby is an organizational leader in the world of words, ideas, and book publishing. Currently president and CEO of a trade association of publishers, he has served in various executive roles, including as vice president at Ingram Book Company, and at IVP, a publisher in the Chicago area. He combines a background in journalism, leadership studies, and business with a love of language and insight from several fields in exploring faith and spirituality in light of applied practice. 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