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Down-To-Earth Spirituality: Encountering God in the Everyday Boring Stuff of Life

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Availability:In StockContributor:R. Paul Stevens, Charles Ringma (Foreword by)Publish date:2003-01-13Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:IVPISBN-13:9780830823833ISBN-10:830823832UPC:9780830823833Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Spirituality, Christian LivingSize:8.42 x 6.54 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCA9G02WKN

Most books on spirituality focus on disciplines like prayer and Bible study. But this can mislead us into thinking that God can only be experienced when we are doing something "spiritual." Apart from private devotional times or church on Sundays, God may seem distant and even irrelevant to our daily lives.R. Paul Stevens has a radically different view of Christian spirituality. True spirituality, he says, is down-to-earth--we encounter God in the ordinary, common stuff of everyday life. Taking his cue from the biblical story of Jacob, Stevens explores the Genesis narrative and uncovers how ordinary moments are made extraordinary, transformed by the presence of God in the midst of the mundane.Dreamer, schemer, worker and entrepreneur, Jacob embodies a multifaceted life of earthy passion and gritty spirituality. Jacob encounters the sacred not only through visions of ladders to heaven and mysterious wrestling matches with angles. Jacob also meets God at home and at work, at meals and in sleep, in solitude and in relationships. From birth to death, through every passage of life, Jacob sees God in the routine details of his everyday experience."Everyday life is the spiritual discipline in which God continuously and graciously meets us," Stevens writes. And in this book, Stevens helps us see that what appears commonplace on the surface actually has great spiritual significance. When we least expect it, God surprises us by re-enchanting our daily experience and making every moment an opportunity to experience his blessing.

Language:EnglishPublisher:IVPISBN-13:9780830823833ISBN-10:830823832UPC:9780830823833Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Spirituality, Christian LivingSize:8.42 x 6.54 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCA9G02WKN

R. Paul Stevens is professor emeritus of marketplace theology and leadership at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, and a marketplace ministry mentor. He has worked as a carpenter and businessman, and served as the pastor of an inner-city church in Montreal. He has written many books and Bible studies, including Doing God's Business, Work Matters, Marriage Spirituality, The Other Six Days and Spiritual Gifts. He is coauthor (with Pete Hammond and Todd Svanoe) of The Marketplace Annotated Bibliography.


Ringma (Ph.D., University of Queensland) is professor of missions and evangelism at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.


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