The Ken Commandments, Ken Baker
The Ken Commandments, Ken Baker
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The Ken Commandments
Searching for God in Hollywood

Author: Ken Baker

Narrator: Ken Baker

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/12/2017


Synopsis

From New Age spirituality, to Bible-based Christianity, to Scientology, to Buddhist retreats, to meditation classes, to Atheism studies, to the mega-church of the nation's top TV preacher, journalist Ken Baker immerses himself in a range of spiritual practices side by side with the celebrity set, revealing a Hollywood that is deeper, more questioning and more God-centered than you'd ever imagine.

Reviews

I met Ken Baker once. It was at a Quad City Mallards hockey game in Moline, IL. He had just released They Don't Play Hockey In Heaven and he was signing copies. I worked for one of the team sponsors, so I had a chance to chat with him. I didn't really know anything about him except having read that......more

Goodreads review by Rama

Looking for Bible in Beverly Hills This is story of a man in quest for finding god during his midlife crisis. Having worked in the entertainment business for several years, the author looks for ways to find god and seeks to understand the meaning of life. This would be really challenging for someone......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia

Ken Baker is a journalist, specifically a "celebrity gossip" broadcaster for E! and has written one other book besides this one. He lives and works in Hollywood with his wife and two kids. He loves his family, he has many friends, celebrity and not, and his job provides him with a good 'living'. But......more

Goodreads review by Marcie

I won this book in the Goodreads giveaway, an uncorrected proof copy. There were a few reasons that it was difficult to read, mostly in the first half or so, but it turned out that this was all about the author's conflicts and his spiritual journey; these conflicts resolved more and more as the book......more


Quotes

"Hollywood is known for a lot of things, but religion and spirituality is usually not at the top of the list. In The Ken Commandments we learn that there is at times perhaps something much deeper than fame being pursued in Hollywood: A search for faith and meaning amid the narcissistic buzz of celebrity. Ken brings us inside a world that we don't see every day on E!, yet it is perhaps the most important story he could tell; an honest look not only at Hollywood, but at himself and how he sought to find meaning and purpose in the very place these virtues had been dissipated. 
The Ken Commandments is a groundbreaking account of how even the rich and famous and beautiful are in fact not necessarily different from us all in their struggle to find peace and meaning as they grapple with the biological reality of human existence."
Dr. Drew Pinsky, author and TV host 
 
"Ken digs deep and makes some revealing discoveries that may surprise some and inspire others."
Giuliana Rancic, E! host and NY Times Bestselling Author