Sacred Ordinary, The: Embracing the Holy in the Everyday

by Leigh McLeroy

The first day of school. A dinner party gone wrong. The chore of changing a light bulb or facing up to the junk drawer. Life is full of ordinary people, places, things, moments, and words. But underneath the ordinary we can find glimpses of an extraordinary God. In her lyrical style, Leigh McLeroy peels back the layers of regular life to offer modern-day parables that connect us in a tangible way to God. The Sacred Ordinary captures those moments where, if we linger, we will see that the earth really is full of heaven and that every common bush is afire with the beauty of God. Perfect for individual use as devotional reading or use in a small group, The Sacred Ordinary offers a deeper level of reflection on life and God than many of us have in our very ordinary lives.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Leigh McLeroy writes and speaks with a passion for God and a keen eye for His presence in everyday life. A former ghostwriter with seven books to her credit, Leigh's first solo effort, Moments for Singles, was published in 2004. She was a contributor to Rebecca St. James's Sister Freaks in 2006, and is the author of The Beautiful Ache (2007), The Sacred Ordinary (2008) and God's Cigar Box (2009). Leigh is also the creator of Wednesday words, an email devotional with a life of its own. She makes her home in Houston, Texas, where she is raising Owen - who may be the most adorable spaniel ever named after an Inkling, a John Irving character, and a Puritan preacher.

Reviews

[CJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is both hard to rate and review.

It was perfect for what I wanted from it--short devotionals for when I only had a few minutes. Given their length (most were 1.5 pages), many were surprisingly deep.

McLeroy has a gift for setting a scene quickly. She did a great job of seeing the sacred within the ordinary without crossing the line into cheesy or disbelief (98% of the time, anyway).

However, I found myself wanting more. I felt like she could teach me a lot with more space for her theological musings, but that wasn't the purpose of the book. It was meant to be a short devotional. And it's better to leave the reader wanting more than wishing for less.

[Leigh McLeroy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a review as such (it would be worthless since I wrote the book), but I hope readers will consider and use the back matter - a guide for a personal spiritual retreat.

[Gayle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Inspiring, challenging, encouraging and thought-provoking!