The Remarkable Ordinary The Remarkable Ordinary

The Remarkable Ordinary

How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life

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Publisher Description

Learn to see God's remarkable works in the everyday ordinary of your life.

Your remarkable life is happening right here, right now. You may not be able to see it--your life may seem predictable and your work insignificant until you look at your life as Frederick Buechner does.

Named "the father of today's spiritual memoir movement" by Christianity Today, Frederick Buechner reveals how to stop, look, and listen to your life. He reflects on how both art and faith teach us how to pay attention to the remarkableness right in front of us, to watch for the greatness in the ordinary, and to use our imaginations to see the greatness in others and love them well.

Pay attention, says Buechner. Listen to the call of a bird or the rush of the wind, to the people who flow in and out of your life. The ordinary points you to the extraordinary God who created and loves all of creation, including you. Pay attention to these things as if your life depends upon it. Because, of course, it does. 

As you learn to pay attention to your life and what God is doing in it, you will uncover the plot of your life's story and the sacred opportunity to connect with the Divine in each moment.

GENRE
Religion & Spirituality
RELEASED
2017
October 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
128
Pages
PUBLISHER
Zondervan
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.4
MB

Customer Reviews

Coach Hobbs ,

Deeply moving book

This little book got off to a weird start, but the final chapters were a deeply moving reflection on God’s work in the moments of the author’s life.

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