![]() ![]() Warren takes the reader through an ordinary day in her life and reflects on each mundane activity-waking up, making the bed, brushing her teeth, arguing with her husband, eating leftovers, talking to a friend or drinking tea. The one who is worthy of worship, glory, and fanfare spent decades in obscurity and ordinariness. ![]() She shows that every aspect of our day communicates God’s work in the world and forms us into God’s worshipers. Tish Harrison Warren captures this reality in Liturgy of the Ordinary and turns it on end. ![]() ![]() Most of life isn’t the big mountaintop moments it is doing the dishes, driving to and from work, sitting at the computer, changing diapers and talking about the events of the day. If someone were to make a movie about my life, no one would watch it because it would be mundane. Because Southeastern Seminary is the “Great Commission seminary,” I can easily get caught up in the idea that the only parts of my life that matter are the ones spent in intense spiritual and kingdom-impacting activities like prayer, evangelism, teaching God’s Word or involvement in social justice issues.īut so many moments in my life don’t fit that bill-they are unequivocally ordinary. Living in seminary world, first as the wife of a seminary student and now as a student, has shaped how I view my life and being in the world. ![]()
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