Everyday Matters, by Wayne Kirkland
What's faith got to do with everyday life?
In spite of how it is often treated, the everyday does matter to God. And it should matter to us.
Everyday Matters argues for taking ordinary activities seriously, so that our faith shapes and changes the very ways we eat, work, inhabit houses and neighbourhoods, drive, shop, connect with others through hi tech devices, and play and watch sport. All these arenas of life (among others) are opportunities for both worship and transformation.
Instead of just treating such activities as inconsequential to our faith, the gospel calls us to evaluate and redeem them in quite distinctive ways. In order to do this we need to develop a robust and practical theology for everyday life.
This book will help individuals and communities of faith to begin this journey.
I've written this book over a number of years and now it's available as a complete e-book. If you've subscribed to my Ruminations over the past fifteen years you will be familiar with at least some of the material.
Light in style but not in substance, the chapters are grouped together under four main topics - food, housing, technology, and sport, and interspersed with short reflections on other everyday issues.
To give you an indication of the breadth of subjects touched on, scroll down to the bottom of this post for a summary of the contents.
Free!!
As I have chosen to make this latest book of mine free-of-charge, feel free to pass this email on to others you think might be interested.
How do I get a copy?
With no printed copies available, Everyday Matters can only be downloaded and read on electronic devices such as desktop and laptop computers, tablets, smartphones and e-readers.
If you are not comfortable with reading an e-book and would prefer to have a hardcopy in your hands, it is possible to download a pdf and print it out.
Everyday Matters comes in three widely used, downloadable formats:
- Mobi (for those who use Amazon's Kindle)
- e-pub (for those who use iBooks or Barnes & Noble)
- pdf (for those who don't normally read e-books but who would like to print it out and read it in hardcopy).
Let me know what format you'd prefer and I can email the e-book directly to you.
Alternatively, you can buy it on Amazon, or Barnes & Noble or Smashwords, for a small charge.
Warm regards,
Wayne
CONTENTS
Introduction 1. What’s God got to do with everyday life?
Eating 2. Loving Food
3. Eating Well
4. Eating Generously
5. Just Food
6. Eating Responsibly
Interlude I’ve been ruminating about shopping malls
Residing 7. A Place called Home
8. My Home, My Castle
9. Location, Location, Location
10. Resourceful Living
Interlude I’ve been ruminating about driving
Connecting 11. Technology Rules
12. Can Technology Save Us?
13. Driven to Distraction
14. Alone Together
Interlude I’ve been ruminating about cellphones
Playing 15. Sports Mad
16. A Matter of Life and Death
17. Solidarity at the Stadium
18. The Competitive Spirit
Epilogue I’ve been ruminating about sleep
