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GOD HIDES IN PLAIN SIGHT PB

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  • ISBN 9781587432330
  • Author NELSON DEAN
  • Pub Date 01/01/2009
Publisher Brazos Press
'This book has wonderful and valuable things to say. I won't soon forget them.'--Frederick Buechner Have you ev...
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'This book has wonderful and valuable things to say. I won't soon forget them.'--Frederick Buechner

Have you ever had a conversation that went far deeper than the words spoken or an experience where you felt you had participated in something sacred--that you had been part of the unbidden activity of God? Although these situations may seem rare and unexplainable, they are reminders that God's grace surrounds us constantly and shows up in manifold ways to those who have eyes to see the sacred in everyday life. 'These sacramental moments are the bursts of revelation that give spiritual order to our otherwise disordered lives,' says veteran journalist Dean Nelson. In this colorful, story-driven introduction to sacramental living, Nelson offers all Christians a way to see the presence of God amid the chaos and monotony of daily life. Each chapter emphasizes a different kind of sacramental moment, showing how it can be a lens through which we can see more of God.

Endorsements
'Dean Nelson has a lively, conversational writing style, and this book has wonderful and valuable things to say. I won't soon forget them.'
--Frederick Buechner, author of Listening to Your Life

'In a world where so much miraculous is perceived as ordinary, Dean Nelson points out the places where we see God in our everyday lives, helping us understand that the mundane might actually be holy. In a wonderful narrative, Nelson weaves the sacred presence of God through his text and reveals that thread also running through our own lives. A lovely read.'
--Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz

'The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an especially present way. For many Christians, however, that language seems abstract, even (sadly) foreign. Dean Nelson lovingly explores those spaces of encountering God; his luminous book has helped me see anew the sacred in the ordinary. I am grateful.'
--Lauren Winner, author of Girl Meets God, Duke Divinity School

'Dean Nelson is God's spy, looking for God in all the times and places most of us would never think to explore. He doesn't miss much. Nelson combines a journalist's gift for involving us in the stories that are happening all around us with a professor's attentiveness to the sacramental nature of this God-created, Christ-redeemed life in which we are immersed. Combining the readability of excellent writing and the reliability of sound scholarship, God Hides in Plain Sight is better than a spy novel.'
--Eugene Peterson, translator of The Message, professor of spiritual theology emeritus, Regent College, Vancouver

'Dean Nelson writes beautifully. And no less wonderful, he sees beautifully and knows how to help us see what he sees. In God Hides in Plain Sight, he will help you spot what is most worth seeing (and very easily missed): the beauty of God camouflaged in the sacrament of your daily experience, around you, right now, whoever and wherever you are.'
--Brian McLaren, author and activist, brianmclaren.net

'If God is indeed hidden in the world around us, then we're blessed to have a warm, entertaining tour guide in Dean Nelson. He leads us through the sacraments with humor and creative insight, expertly pointing out the places--and the Presence--most of us miss along the way.'--Jason Boyett, author of Pocket Guide to the Bible and Pocket Guide to the Afterlife

Reviews
'A wonderful new book. . . . [Nelson has] got wonderful wit and an eye for the uncanny sense of God's presence, and a broad spirit that reads all over the map. This book has taken me by surprise. . . . Nelson is a master story-teller. . . . At times I sense Dean Nelson could be our generation's male Anne Lamott. He offers to us a disarming honesty along with an honest quest for God, but there's nothing romantic, idealistic, or utopian. . . . Really well done. . . . [This book] drew me in with its prose and its utter seriousness punctuated by [laugh out loud] humor. This book would be a great book for an adult book reading group, a good Bible study book, and especially good for middle agers who are contemplating the presence of God in the corners and flat places of life.'--Scot McKnight, blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed

'God Hides in Plain Sight will help readers become more attuned to the divine that exists in everyday events and interactions.'--Whitney Hallberg, ForeWord

'A thought-provoking manuscript that breaks down all seven ancient sacraments--vocation, communion, confession, confirmation, marriage, baptism, and last rites--and applies them in simple, but transforming ways. . . . Poignant at times, funny at times, the book strips away the modern trappings of religion to expose authentic faith.'--Lori Arnold, Christian Examiner

'God Hides in Plain Sight is both a guide to the sacraments in a conversational style and a memoir of important personal events in Nelson's life. Nelson is a strong writer, and his firm grasp of not only the importance of the sacraments, but also his insight into their meaning, created a book not only worth reading, but re-reading to continue to remind oneself about how to slow down and see the works of the Spirit as one goes about their life.'--San Francisco & Sacramento Book Review

'In this beautifully written book, Nelson is both storyteller and philosopher, weaving together thought-provoking quotes, insights, and heart-warming personal anecdotes. He gives particular attention to relationships we tend to take for granted and to ordinary moments and events that escape our awareness, inviting us to see how God is present in them. . . . The author offers us a rich variety of examples, as well as hints on how to recognize the beyond that we may be missing by living on the surface of things.'--Sr. Lenora Black, OSB, Spirit & Life

'In conversational and thoughtful prose, [Nelson] uses his and others' stories, Scriptural references, and the writings of theologians to explore the possibility of finding God in the present moment and in the ordinary, even the frustrating, experience.'--ForeWord enewsletter