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Synopsis
Beloved minister David Anderson offers forty-one true-life tales that will enlighten and inspire readers of any faith. Writing about his everyday experiences-like cleaning up the yard after a storm, waiting in the doctor's office, even helping his teenage daughters pick out fall dresses-Anderson explores how the divine can surprise us in even the most ordinary settings
Publishers Weekly
Church rector and Pennsylvania Episcopalian columnist Anderson gathers some 40 short essays on the intersections between life and faith, many previously published as columns, in a slim volume that sparkles with intelligence and honesty. (Don't let that precious title fool you.) Chronicling "ordinary moments" in which God unexpectedly appears, when "we are susceptible to a new, sometimes offbeat awareness of the divine presence," Anderson shows how the quotidian sparks notions of the sublime. The poignant and funny title essay describes a morning when Anderson and his family had "cereal and bile for breakfast"-and how Anderson, as a result, decided to do a better job of being there for his children. Whether contemplating the "work" of grief, the "capitalist production" of Christmas or the path, not "to happiness," but "of happiness," Anderson is a calming, inspiring voice of reason and faith. (Oct. 18) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.