Our mundane moments, rooted in the communal practices of the church, shape us through habit and repetition, moment by passing moment, into people who spend their days and therefore their lives marked by the love of God.” “The often unseen and unsung ways we spend our time are what form us. What I love about the book is how the author shows you where God is alive and active in those moments and how we can connect with Him through these simple acts. These are all routines that we easily go through without putting any thought into the task.
For example: waking, making the bed, and brushing our teeth. She sets up the book looking at the various routines we each have in our lives. 21).Īre you a Christian with an ordinary life? If so, this is a must-read!Are you looking for a summer read that will be easy to follow and change your life? I believe that “Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life” by Tish Harrison Warren is a must read for you! And the place of that formation is in the small moments of today" (p.
The new life we have in Christ, "is lived out in days, hours and minutes. Nothing extraordinary will happen.īut, with our eyes open to God's presence in all of this, every single thing that happens will be an extraordinary opportunity to grow in godliness and relate to Him. We'll get up, make the bed, lose our keys, check our email, get stuck in traffic, drink tea. Reading this book, we will walk through a perfectly normal day. Church culture often reflects similar trends, a yearning for more intense spirituality, with radical experiences and profound worship, all the while despising the 'ordinary' processes of God's work in our lives. Our culture prizes instant results and extreme experiences.
How does our growing relationship with our extraordinary God fill such ordinariness?Ģ1st century Christians can be conditioned to expect the radical.
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