The Pleasure of God
eBook - ePub

The Pleasure of God

Finding Grace in the Ordinary

  1. 124 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Pleasure of God

Finding Grace in the Ordinary

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

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. 1. The Pleasure of God: A Way of Life
  7. 2. Eating
  8. 3. Sleeping
  9. 4. Bathing
  10. 5. Commuting
  11. 6. Working
  12. 7. Cleanliness
  13. 8. Conversation
  14. 9. Giving and Receiving
  15. 10. Laughing and Crying
  16. 11. Relationships
  17. 12. Playing
  18. 13. Loving
  19. 14. Moving
  20. 15. Entertainment
  21. 16. Learning
  22. 17. Solitude
  23. 18. Walking
  24. 19. Reading
  25. 20. Shopping
  26. 21. Green Grass and Asphalt
  27. 22. Interruptions
  28. 23. The Sum of It All
  29. Notes