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Did God Give Us Our Senses So that We Could Enjoy Him More? Sensing God is a discovery of Jesus in all of the sensory points embedded into each of us. It shows how the holiest acts in our daily lives are often the simplest: reveling in the beauty of nature; listening to our favorite music; eating a nourishing meal with family. These are potentially heartbeats of a living faith, and when we learn to recognize and respond to God's goodness in them, it draws us into redemptive participation with Him, the source of all beauty. Joel Clarkson shares personal stories and paints vivid imagery so that we, too, can taste and see (and hear and touch and smell) that the Lord is good. In our exploration, we meet Jesus, who invites us to enjoy his presence and proclaim his visible, tangible, and touchable gospel. We physically experience the glory of our Creator and at the same time, we make that encounter a testimony to a broken world that is desperate for restoration. We are encouraged to get the good dirt of God's holy world under our nails. Together, we will come into contact with the God who reaches out to us with His eternal truth through the goodness of beauty. Will you join the journey? Come and learn how to truly worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

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In this eloquent testament, musician Clarkson (A Different Kind of Hero) encourages Christians to slow down and more fully engage in sensory experiences. ""We are created to experience God through our senses,"" he writes, ""and in that encounter, to come to know Him better and grow in love."" Clarkson encourages readers to routinely linger in ""points of sensory contact embedded in"" daily life, such as a ""bite of something nourishing to eat . . . some favorite music"" or the ""cool air of a walk."" He emphasizes that the book is meant to be a starting place rather than a definitive guide, and provides examples from the Bible, his own life, and a variety of artists, writers, and poets who have become aware of God through the natural world. For instance, Clarkson's sharing of Thanksgiving with new friends in a small fishing village in Scotland instantly evoked memories of ""community, and communion and the joy of the feast."" In another example, Clarkson discusses his initial concern about attending a writer's retreat without Wi-Fi, and the clarity that resulted from having no interruptions from sensing God's goodness. He also recommends spiritual disciplines, such as fasting, and compares the soul to a window that needs washing from the grime left by sin and negative habits. Max Lucado fans will want to take a look.--Publishers Weekly

"In this eloquent testament, musician Clarkson (A Different Kind of Hero) encourages Christians to slow down and more fully engage in sensory experiences. ""We are created to experience God through our senses,"" he writes, ""and in that encounter, to come to know Him better and grow in love."" Clarkson encourages readers to routinely linger in ""points of sensory contact embedded in"" daily life, such as a ""bite of something nourishing to eat . . . some favorite music"" or the ""cool air of a walk."" He emphasizes that the book is meant to be a starting place rather than a definitive guide, and provides examples from the Bible, his own life, and a variety of artists, writers, and poets who have become aware of God through the natural world. For instance, Clarkson's sharing of Thanksgiving with new friends in a small fishing village in Scotland instantly evoked memories of ""community, and communion and the joy of the feast."" In another example, Clarkson discusses his initial concern about attending a writer's retreat without Wi-Fi, and the clarity that resulted from having no interruptions from sensing God's goodness. He also recommends spiritual disciplines, such as fasting, and compares the soul to a window that needs washing from the grime left by sin and negative habits. Max Lucado fans will want to take a look.--Publishers Weekly"

In this eloquent testament, musician Clarkson (A Different Kind of Hero) encourages Christians to slow down and more fully engage in sensory experiences. We are created to experience God through our senses, he writes, and in that encounter, to come to know Him better and grow in love. Clarkson encourages readers to routinely linger in points of sensory contact embedded in daily life, such as a bite of something nourishing to eat . . . some favorite music or the cool air of a walk. He emphasizes that the book is meant to be a starting place rather than a definitive guide, and provides examples from the Bible, his own life, and a variety of artists, writers, and poets who have become aware of God through the natural world. For instance, Clarkson's sharing of Thanksgiving with new friends in a small fishing village in Scotland instantly evoked memories of community, and communion and the joy of the feast. In another example, Clarkson discusses his initial concern about attending a writer's retreat without Wi-Fi, and the clarity that resulted from having no interruptions from sensing God's goodness. He also recommends spiritual disciplines, such as fasting, and compares the soul to a window that needs washing from the grime left by sin and negative habits. Max Lucado fans will want to take a look.--Publishers Weekly

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