About this episode

This episode explores the significance of ordinary tasks in relation to faith and presence in daily life.

Do the ordinary tasks of my day actually matter to God? You’re doing all of it — the meals, the laundry, the emails, the driving, the remembering. And somewhere in the middle of it a question surfaces. Does any of this actually matter? This episode is about what happens when we move through our lives productive but not present, and what abiding in the ordinary actually looks like. Through the story of Brother Lawrence and the theology of Andrew Murray’s The True Vine, this episode reframes ...

People in this episode

Host: Jill M. Lillard

Topics covered

• faith
• ordinary life
• presence
• productivity
• theology

Keywords

• God
• laundry
• ordinary tasks
• Brother Lawrence
• Andrew Murray
• presence
• theology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The True Vine

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