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The Remarkable Ordinary

By: Frederick Buechner
Narrated by: Henry O. Arnold, Gabe Wicks
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Summary

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.
©2017 Frederick Buechner (P)2017 Zondervan
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A book waiting to be found

Listening to Buechner in these essays is like being washed and left clean. Like having your eyes bathed and wanting to look again at what you have probably missed. Here we see or find how to be present by desiring to look rather than being told what to do. Excellent and beautifully read.

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