How can anything be ordinary if we find the glory of God

there?

Whatever might be said of life’s most thrilling

or transformative moments, most of our time is spent in ordinary things. We spend a

third of our lives sleeping. In our adult lives, perhaps a quarter to a third of

each week is spent at work. And then there’s more of the common stuff: eating,

waiting in line, bathing, getting dressed, and watching TV. So it is that our

seventy, eighty, or ninety years go by in common ways, and we have no idea where

they’ve gone.

Is there glory in any of this? Where is the

abundant life of which Jesus spoke? In this inspiring new work, J. Ellsworth Kalas

says that the glory is found not just in the ecstasy of love or victory but in all

of life, whether ecstatic or ordinary. Kalas believes it is possible to live with

such joy and gladness of hearts that we find our ordinary lives graced by the

pleasure of God. He offers a guide to spiritual contentment in the midst of busy

lives, showing us the meaning in those seemingly small aspects of every

day.