Most of us are racing through life at dangerously high speeds, working frantically to serve God’s kingdom and volunteering for a hundred activities. We never stop to notice what we have or reflect on who we are apart from all our doing. Though we search for contentment, we never find it. Even more, we begin to doubt its existence.
In i>The Contented Soul,, published by InterVarsity Press, sociologist Lisa Graham McMinn invites us to slow down, be still and learn the art of savoring life.
Our souls were not made for frantic, frenzied living. In the midst of our busy culture, we have forgotten – or perhaps never learned – how to savor moments and days. McMinn calls us back to a significant, simpler way of life, a way characterized by intimate connection with our Creator, authentic relationships with others and a profound hope for the shalom that is to come. Along the way, Lisa gives us examples of people who have chosen this way of life and found it genuinely satisfying, stirring hope that we, too, can choose and find lasting contentment.
