Finding God in the Ordinary

Pierce Taylor Hibbs

ISBN 10: 1532657684 / ISBN 13: 9781532657689

Published by Wipf and Stock, 2018

About this Item

We tend to look for God in the grand and spectacular, but most of our lives are filled with ordinary moments and routines: drinking coffee, reading a book, driving to work. Can we find God in the banalities of everyday life? In Finding God in the Ordinary, the author shows that we can, and that we must. Our world is not an ordinary world. Because it was spoken into being and maintained by the word of God's power (Heb 1:3), everything around us is always revealing the nature and character of the triune God. Our world is extraordinarily ordinary, always calling our attention to the God of glory and his work in the commonplace.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finding God in the Ordinary
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532657684
• ISBN 13: 9781532657689
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

God is in the ordinary moments all around you. It's just a matter of seeing. Get ready to marvel at how God's presence pervades the ordinary moments of our lives!

We tend to look for God in the grand and spectacular, but most of our lives are filled with ordinary moments and routines: drinking coffee, reading a book, driving to work. Can we find God in the banalities of everyday life? In Finding God in the Ordinary, the author shows that we can, and that we must. Our world is not an ordinary world. Because it was spoken into being and maintained by the word of God's power (Heb 1:3), everything around us is always revealing the nature and character of the triune God. Our world is extraordinarily ordinary, always calling our attention to the God of glory and his work in the commonplace.

Reader Comments

• "Oh how we need to see the "ordinary" more clearly, this little book is a great way to start! I bought it as a kindle book, but wish I had the paperback to lend to others. Excellent book!"
• "I just Love how the author so eloquently describes how he saw God in the ordinary. My favorite chapter is The Sun on my Cheek. I can feel the gentle touch of God when the sun rests on my cheek."
• "In some ways Hibbs manages to break the mold of Christian writing similar in ways to one of my favorite books, The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis."
• "I thoroughly loved this book. For a Mum who has been on revelatory journey of finding God in her ordinary messy daily life, the words here are theological confirmation that God is more present than most of us realise."
• "In fifteen brief chapters, ranging from his four year old son's giggle, to wind in the trees, falling snow, and even the author's own thumb, Hibbs caused me to slow down and engage with what most of us would consider the ordinary around us."
• "Most books of meditations tend to be rather superficial in their depth, engaging the heart more than the mind, but this book engages both. His deep theological insights from "The Speaking Trinity" are presented here in easily digestible bite-sized chunks."

About the Author

Pierce Taylor Hibbs serves as the Associate Director of the Theological English department at Westminster Theology Seminary. He is the author of The Trinity, Language, and Human Behavior (2018) and The Speaking Trinity & His Worded World (2018). He writes regularly at piercetaylorhibbs.com.