
- 124 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
How can anything be ordinary if we find the glory of God there?
Whatever might be said of life's most thrilling or transformative moments, most of our time is spent in ordinary things. We spend a third of our lives sleeping. In our adult lives, perhaps a quarter to a third of each week is spent at work. And then there's more of the common stuff: eating, waiting in line, bathing, getting dressed, and watching TV. So it is that our seventy, eighty, or ninety years go by in common ways, and we have no idea where they've gone.
Is there glory in any of this? Where is the abundant life of which Jesus spoke? In this inspiring new work, J. Ellsworth Kalas says that the glory is found not just in the ecstasy of love or victory but in all of life, whether ecstatic or ordinary. Kalas believes it is possible to live with such joy and gladness of hearts that we find our ordinary lives graced by the pleasure of God. He offers a guide to spiritual contentment in the midst of busy lives, showing us the meaning in those seemingly small aspects of every day.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. The Pleasure of God: A Way of Life
- 2. Eating
- 3. Sleeping
- 4. Bathing
- 5. Commuting
- 6. Working
- 7. Cleanliness
- 8. Conversation
- 9. Giving and Receiving
- 10. Laughing and Crying
- 11. Relationships
- 12. Playing
- 13. Loving
- 14. Moving
- 15. Entertainment
- 16. Learning
- 17. Solitude
- 18. Walking
- 19. Reading
- 20. Shopping
- 21. Green Grass and Asphalt
- 22. Interruptions
- 23. The Sum of It All
- Notes