But Warren admirably explores these themes from both a theological and practical perspective. Liturgy of the Ordinary isn't the first book written in praise of prosaic moments, and Warren's isn't the first voice to counsel slowing down. We would do well to slow down for a bit and hear her out. "Warren's message flies in the face of our culture's love of distraction and pursuit of extreme sensation. The purity of her vision, the clarity of her writing, makes effortless work of the notion that the small acts of our everydays are what shape us into the sacred vessels we are meant to be." - Barbara Mahany, the Chicago Tribune, February 28, 2017 She writes of 'tiny theophanies,' church-bell moments, that jolt her—and us, her readers—to sacred attention. It's the nitty-gritty of daily work where Warren illuminates holiness. She beautifully ties making the bed to the Creation story, to God's making beauty from chaos. This is one ordinary day turned inside out, its hallowed script revealed, liturgical underpinnings exposed. This is spiritual guidance for the bed-maker, the teeth-brusher, the traffic-snarled among us. "From the photograph of a peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich on the cover, Tish Harrison Warren's debut work, Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, signals that it's rooted in the quotidian, the humble humdrum of day-after-day existence.
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