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The Ministry of Ordinary Places
The Ministry of Ordinary Places: Waking Up to God's Goodness Around You | Shannan Martin
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Popular blogger Shannan Martin offers Christians who are longing for a more meaningful life a simple starting point: learn what it is to love and be loved right where God has placed you. For Christ-followers living in an increasingly complicated world, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure of how to live a life of intention and meaning. Where do we even begin? Shannan Martin offers a surprisingly simple answer: uncover the hidden corners of our cities and neighborhoods and invest deeply in the lives of people around us. She walks us through her own discoveries about the vital importance of paying attention, as well as the hard but rewarding truth about showing up and committing for the long haul, despite the inevitable encounters with brokenness and uncertainty. With transparency, humor, heart-tugging storytelling, and more than a little personal confession, Martin shows us that no matter where we live or how much we have, as we learn what it is to be with people as Jesus was, we'll find our very lives. The details will look quiet and ordinary, and the call will both exhaust and exhilarate us. But it will be the most worth-it adventure we will ever take. This is a message the world needs. So often we overcomplicate service or this elusive call to ministry when all the while ministry is right in front of us. Shannan reminds us of the simple, yet beautiful call to love our neighbor and what that could really look like today. We are reminded that extravagant love in ordinary moments does indeed lead to an extraordinary life. --Katie Davis Majors, New York Times bestselling author of Kisses from Katie (I made up this attribution, so you may want to check on that) This is the book we all need right now. If youre longing for authentic community but arent sure where to begin, Shannan and this beautifully written book are the perfect guide. I truly believe when we stand together we stand a chance. I cheered along with every word. Korie Robertson, New York Times bestselling author These are the days when we could all use a firm but gentle nudge to extend extra kindness to the people around us. Shannan reminds us to pay attention, look outside of ourselves, to lay aside our preconceived judgments, and stay put, bearing with each other, carrying each others burdens, and finding Jesus at the center of it all. LaTasha Morrison, founder of Be the Bridge Our nonstop consumer society seduces us into forsaking the ordinary. Even as believers, we are prone to aspire to do sexy ministry that garners headlines and warrants photo ops. But Shannan Martin helps us resist these impulses by calling the body to reclaim the sanctity and significance of ordinary places. Through personal stories, theology, and Scripture, she helps us discern Gods call upon our lives right where we are and illuminates why the most faithful ministry is oftentimes mundane, overlooked, and seemingly unimpressive. This book will help you thrive in your faith in practical and rooted ways! Dominique DuBois Gilliard, author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores Sometimes when reading a book, I think Ill recommend this to that group or this one goes go that community, but hand to heaven, I would put this book in every single pair of hands across ideology, camps, and tribes. Part storytelling, part prophetic, with dizzyingly wonderful writing, Shannan brings us back to the neighborhood, back to ordinary tables, back to a life we know in our deepest hearts is meant for us. I love her. I love this book. Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of 7, For the Love, and Of Mess and Moxie
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Inspiring, and a great reminder that how we love and live matter. Full review on the blog #inspirationclothesline @shannanmartin #theministryofordinaryplaces

BookBabe This book sounds really helpful! #stacked 🙌🏻 2y
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Added to my TBR after listening to the podcast "What Should I Read Next".

HannaPolkadots Such a scary podcast! (Scary for my wallet and shelf space that is...😱) but yet I listen, and the TBR grows and grows 😅 5y
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While I work on #thefutureishistory I‘m catching up on some other Christmas books too!

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I love Shannan‘s books. I listened to this one and I think I‘d have preferred to read it on paper, her writing is so lovely, I would have liked to savor it more. A timely message and way of life in these tumultuous times we find ourself in, about living with people different than you, loving them and finding purpose in the small and ordinary acts of our day. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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My friend Shannan's second book came out last week. She has a great sense of humor about her failures. "Last summer alone, my kids were mom-rescued a tidy handful of times after we suffered a few glaring parenting fails. In every case, another more-centered mom who maybe had done some yoga or drink some coffee or gotten an adequate night's rest swooped in to help, reserving judgment, focused only on the task at hand, to save the children..."