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Warren's reflections on how ordinary, everyday actions and tasks connect us to God and to Anglican practices are a lovely reminder of why we do what we do, not only in church but in our day-to-day.  Each chapter takes something we do most days, like making the bed or sitting in traffic, and connects it with both broader Christian teachings and more specifically Anglican practices.  I particularly appreciated the chapter "Brushing Teeth: Standing, Living, Bowing, and Living in a Body" and the way Warren reflects on the motions we go through during a service.  As someone who did not grow up in a liturgical tradition, she helped me understand not only why we kneel but also why that helps to connect us to God.

 

Liturgy of the Ordinary has a beautiful way of expressing how the often overlooked moments in our lives connect us to God. This book shows how God is present in things as simple as waking up or checking our emails. The beauty of liturgies lies in the comfort of repetitions that we all know, and Warren shows how moments in our lives are liturgies, still those same moments we all experience, just at our own pace and in our own homes, but connecting each of us to God and each other nonetheless. 

More information about this book can be found through the catalogue of our church library https://www.librarything.com/catalog/rockonlocke?&deepsearch=liturgy

What We Do
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