These days, people talk about their schedules filling up 24/7--twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. We wear busyness like a merit badge, as if the more we do, the better we become. But R. Paul Stevens says this is not biblical. Nor is it helpful. For Christians life isn't about checking off ""to-do"" lists. It's about connecting with God and infiltrating thoughtful, biblical faith into our everyday lives. Sometimes that means activity, but sometimes not. Everyday spirituality--the subject of the book--embraces purposeful times of work, relationships, and rest, centered on God instead of personal or cultural expectations.
But how can you do it? It's not easy exiting the fast track to practice a slowed-down yet down-to-earth holiness. Stevens understands this, and offers practical insights to developing a ""subversive spirituality""--a meaningful faith that seeps into your work, family, sexuality, friendships, outreach, aloneness, and leisure--and fills you with joy. But most importantly, it motivates you to lovingly abide with God seven days a week. Matthew the Poor, an Eastern monk in Egypt, once said that ""life is but one single way that leads to the kingdom of God.""
Industry Reviews
“The first appearance of Stevens’s book over forty years ago was one of the seminal explorations of a spirituality of everyday life. It was an important companion to the emerging theology of everyday life that emphasized the divine vocation of every Christian in their home, work, and leisure. . . . Since too many Christians are still influenced by a spirituality adapted from a clerical or monastic model, this new edition is both welcome and needed.”
—Robert Banks, Alphacrucis College, Canberra, Australia
“As one of his friends and colleagues at Regent College, I have experienced Paul Stevens’s passion for ‘everyday spirituality’ firsthand. In this wise and invigorating book, Paul has not . . . simply pulled together what he has learned over the decades of discipleship; he has gone deeper, giving us an expansive, captivating understanding of what it means to follow Jesus all seven days of the week. And he does so in such a way that each day of the week really becomes ‘the Lord’s Day,’ and we taste the glorious goodness of the coming eighth day.”
—Darrell Johnson, Regent College
“Stevens masterfully shares how ordinary Christians whose spirituality is deeply rooted in homemaking, doing business, loving one’s spouse, and caring for neighbors can experience each day in communion with God going about everyday earthly activities. A scholarly yet easy-to-read book offering theologically sound biblical insights about enjoying and flourishing as God desires on our spiritual journey. Great read for everyone and can serve as a study guide for business, church, or community groups.”
—Gwendolyn J. Dewey, Bakke Graduate University
