Utmost Ongoing: Reflections on the Legacy of Oswald Chambers

by Oswald Chambers, Lina Abujamra (Contributor), Harold Myra (Contributor)

The beloved devotional My Utmost for His Highest has challenged, encouraged, and moved people to think more deeply about their relationship with the Lord. Utmost Ongoing is filled with contributions from an eclectic group of people who share exactly what that devotional has meant to them. From Christianity Today International’s Harold Myra to contemporary Christian music artist Phil Joel, contributors select a My Utmost for His Highest quote and then expound on what it means in their lives with personal insights and stories. Stretch your understanding of God and how He works as you ponder the timeless wisdom of Chambers paired with modern-day stories of inspiration.

Lina Abujamra, author, speaker, physician --
Harold Myra, former CEO of Christianity Today International --
Blanca, contemporary Christian musician --
Carol Kent, author, speaker, ministry leader --
Jeremy Writebol, pastor, author --
Lore Ferguson Wilbert, writer --
Fazale Rana, biochemist, vice president of apologetics ministry --
Nathaniel Lee Hansen, poet, fiction author, English professor --
Macy Halford, author of My utmost: a devotional memoir, former book reviewer for The new yorker --
Patricia Raybon, author, speaker, workshop leader --
Derek Mount, guitarist, composer, producer --
Michelle Ule, author of Mrs. Oswald Chambers --
Amy Peterson, author, educator, former missionary to southeast Asia --
George Grant, pastor, author --
Amber Lia, author, video producer --
Erin Straza, writer, editor of Christ and pop culture --
Shelly Miller, author, founder of the Sabbath Society --
Jed and Cecilie Macosko, physics professor and family doctor, authors of A daily companion to my utmost for his highest --
Sheila Seiler Lagrand, anthropologist, author --
Anne Marie Miller, author --
James Hoskins, teacher, writer, musician --
Phil Joel, lead singer for Zealand Worship, former bass player for the Newsboys --
Amy Boucher Pye, author, speaker --
David Frey, lead singer for Sidewalk Prophets --
Addie Zierman, author, blogger, speaker --
Alan Personius, pastor, retired US Army --
Joni Eareckson Tada, author, founder of Joni and Friends ministry.

151 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 28, 2017

About the author

Oswald Chambers was born to devout parents in Aberdeen, Scotland. At age 16, Oswald Chambers was baptized and became a member of Rye Lane Baptist Chapel. Even as a teenager, Chambers was noted for his deep spirituality, and he participated in the evangelization of poor occupants of local lodging houses. Oswald married Gertrude in May 1910, and on May 24, 1913, Gertrude gave birth to their only child, Kathleen. In 1915, a year after the outbreak of World War I, Chambers was accepted as a YMCA chaplain. He was assigned to Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt, where he ministered to Australian and New Zealand troops, who later participated in the Battle of Gallipoli. Soon his wooden-framed "hut" was packed with hundreds of soldiers listening attentively to his messages. Confronted by a soldier who said, "I can't stand religious people," Chambers replied, "Neither can I." Chambers was stricken with appendicitis on October 17, 1917 but resisted going to a hospital on the grounds that the beds would be needed by men wounded in the long-expected Third Battle of Gaza. On October 29th, a surgeon performed an emergency appendectomy, but Chambers died November 15, 1917 from a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was buried in Cairo with full military honors. Gertrude, for the remainder of her life published books and articles for him edited from the notes she had taken in shorthand from his sermons. Most successful of the thirty books was, "My Utmost for His Highest", which has never been out of print and has been translated into 39 languages.

Reviews

[Jimmy Nzioki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Utmost Ongoing is a beautiful treatise based on the popular Devotional classic "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers.

The book is a compilation of the writings of people from various walks of Christian life ranging from Authors, Writers, Musicians, Scientists, CEOs, and Ministry leaders. Each of these encountered the wells of wisdom enshrined in the writings of this man who was once an Army Chaplain in the Century gone by.

His profound wisdom has remained relevant for years thanks to his wife's posthumous publication of his works.

This book is thus a great reflection on some of the entries in the classic devotional as experienced by the various individuals who have come to a deeper understanding of God due to their interaction with it.