ServingLeaders Podcast
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ServingLeaders Podcast
The End of Yourself: Why Loneliness is Both a Gift and an Invitation to More: A Conversation with Shelby Abbott
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“Loneliness is God’s grace in your life to bring you to the end of yourself” - Shelby Abbott.
In this compelling conversation, Shelby Abbott joins us to talk about his new book on loneliness — and why he believes loneliness can actually be a uniquely meaningful season in our walk with Jesus.
Together we explore why loneliness is universal yet uniquely intensified in leadership and ministry, how our hyper-digital world has reshaped (and often weakened) real connection, and why quick fixes like sex, achievement, or distraction can’t satisfy the deeper ache of the human heart. Shelby reframes loneliness not as something to escape at all costs, but as an invitation — to deeper dependence on God and to courageous, embodied relationship with others.
Shelby's website: https://shelbyabbott.com/about/
Link to Shelby's favorite read right now: Deeper by Dane Ortlund
Link to Shelby's new book Why We're Feeling Lonely (and what we can do about it): Shelby Abbott's Book