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A review by meganericson
The Ministry of Ordinary Places: Waking Up to God's Goodness Around You by Shannan Martin
4.0
WARNING: You will have a hard time finishing this book. I couldn't read an entire chapter without putting the book down to text someone I was concerned about, invite someone to dinner or help a neighbor in need.
This book made we want to make my world smaller and dig deeper into the community literally just outside my door. The author outlines the beautiful (yet not so easy) mission of living your every day with heart and eyes wide open to serve with what you have right now. No large donations of money, huge commitments, or far-flung plane trips to remote villages required.
Favorite Quotes:
- What if we all made a pact to not invite anyone to church if we hadn't already invited them over for a meal?
- In these years of discovery, it's become clear that the smaller my world and my work become, the more grounded I am in God's vast kingdom.
- Attentiveness is prayer breathed at street level, I once heard someone say. I was starting to believe it.
This book made we want to make my world smaller and dig deeper into the community literally just outside my door. The author outlines the beautiful (yet not so easy) mission of living your every day with heart and eyes wide open to serve with what you have right now. No large donations of money, huge commitments, or far-flung plane trips to remote villages required.
Favorite Quotes:
- What if we all made a pact to not invite anyone to church if we hadn't already invited them over for a meal?
- In these years of discovery, it's become clear that the smaller my world and my work become, the more grounded I am in God's vast kingdom.
- Attentiveness is prayer breathed at street level, I once heard someone say. I was starting to believe it.