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I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Concerned
Leadership
Becoming
Church
Christian

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