Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life Matthew 2:1-12

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life In no particular mall, there is a particular store

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life In no particular university, there is a particular classroom

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life In no particular relationship, there is a particular conversation

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life “Because there is something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” David Foster Wallace, This is Water

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life “They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator – who is forever praised. Amen.” Romans 1:25

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life “…pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.” David Foster Wallace, This is Water

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life “If you worship money and things, it they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough.” David Foster Wallace, This is Water

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life “Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you.” David Foster Wallace, This is Water

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life “Worship power, you will end up feeling weak and afraid, and you will need even more power over others to numb you to your own fear.” David Foster Wallace, This is Water

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life Worship your intellect, being seen as smart, you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.” David Foster Wallace, This is Water

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life In a particular time, there was a particular worship service

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2:11

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life “That’s not the point: the question is ‘What do you bring to worship?’ Worship is not a utility but an offering, an economy of grace that interrupts the cycles of production and consumption by which the world lives.” Kim Fabricius, St. Nowhere

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life In a particular time, there was a particular worship service

Encounters seeing God at work in the ordinary places of life