At the Corner of Mundane and Grace : Finding Glimpses of Glory in Ordinary Days

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Summary: Good stuff!
Review: Fabry is a funny guy, and the book IS funny, but it's also deep. He is a teacher and as a reader I do learn important lessons, but school was never as much fun as this! Weaving stories about his own family into the book, Fabry reminds me to focus on what is important-friends, family and most of all faith. Don't miss this book.

Rating:
Summary: An overwhelmingly inspirational book!
Review: I have read this book over and over again and am still hit with the amazing impact! The words that Chris Fabry has to say are touching and have had an impact on my walk with Christ. His humorous topics are easy to relate to and will touch the depths of your heart and soul. At the Corner of Mundane and Grace is the best book gift I can think of. You will find yourself reading and recommending it to all your friends and family.

Rating:
Summary: Heartwarming, insightful stories...
Review: of seeing God in everyday life! I wish that title section was longer!

Anyway, I've kept coming back to this title on Amazon and I'm very surprised no one has written a review for this book yet! I read it back in October and was waiting for someone else to write that first review. But they haven't and it's time for all you Amazon browsers to know about this wonderful book!

Chris Fabry and his wife Andrea have a large family in the suburbs of Chicago. Chris used to be the co-host of "Mornings with Greg and Chris" on WMBI in Chicago (great Christian radio station - both teaching and music). Even though he hasn't been on the air for close to a year now, I still miss him and was thrilled to hear that he would be writing more books!

This book is the kind of book that you can pick up and read a chapter and put it down for a day, a week or a month, and pick it back up and you won't have lost anything because these short vignettes are complete unto themselves.

Having said that, however, I believe I read the book in 2 sittings! Chris's style in his book is warm and friendly - his way of telling about his wife and children (and other family members) really makes you feel like you know them.

But this book is not just a book of warm fuzzy stories. Chris has shared some of his experiences of seeing God in the everyday, mundane situations of life we all have. Just be reading the book, you will be better able to see the hand of the Lord of the universe in *your* life!

Some of the stories really hit me hard. Chris writes very honestly about his own feelings and makes himself vulnerable, which is a very very brave thing to do. I must add that when Chris was on WMBI and his wife Andrea was hosting the best Christian syndicated call-in show in the country, they actually were on MidDay Connection together talking about their marriage, including a real close hard look at some difficult times in their marriage. I really admired them for that.

Back to the book... Most of the stories had my laughing and crying within the same 2-minute period. Not everyone can write like that! Parents especially will enjoy this book. My own children are older now, and this book reminded me of some of the similar times we had when they were little.

I was just looking through the book again trying to pick out highlights. It's really hard - the whole book is great, but here's the topics of a few: Chris taking his daughter on her first date, a trip to the pediatrician (boy, could I identify with that one - we wanted them to install a drive-through window whereby you could stick the child's head out the window and the doctor could check ears and throats, at the next window you'd pay and get your prescription for the inevitable amoxicillin that Chris talks about in his book).

Another wonderful story was one of the first ones in which Chris and Andrea were going for a walk and Chris was... er... hmmm... not really paying attention. And there's a classic where daughter Kristin (who used to say "Jofuss" instead of Joseph when telling the Christmas story from Luke 2) got "God bless you" in her Rice Krispies and that raised the question - what do *we* do when something comes and messes up our day, our week, our life?

And one of the most touching stories is called "I Didn't Even Know Her Name" which was about an apparently homeless woman who hung around the office building where the radio station had their offices. The story talks about how we tend to hang around with people like us. We tend to avoid people who are different, whether their clothes tattered, or they're smelly, or their conversation is somewhat fragmented. Didn't Jesus come to minister to those people too? Chris is very honest about his feelings in this story and they changed at the end. Really makes you think.

Thanks Chris, for letting us into your life and your home, and your thoughts. When is the next book coming out?

As for people reading this review, order several copies! It would make a great gift to have on hand!

Rating:
Summary: Heartwarming, insightful stories...
Review: of seeing God in everyday life! I wish that title section was longer!

Anyway, I've kept coming back to this title on Amazon and I'm very surprised no one has written a review for this book yet! I read it back in October and was waiting for someone else to write that first review. But they haven't and it's time for all you Amazon browsers to know about this wonderful book!

Chris Fabry and his wife Andrea have a large family in the suburbs of Chicago. Chris used to be the co-host of "Mornings with Greg and Chris" on WMBI in Chicago (great Christian radio station - both teaching and music). Even though he hasn't been on the air for close to a year now, I still miss him and was thrilled to hear that he would be writing more books!

This book is the kind of book that you can pick up and read a chapter and put it down for a day, a week or a month, and pick it back up and you won't have lost anything because these short vignettes are complete unto themselves.

Having said that, however, I believe I read the book in 2 sittings! Chris's style in his book is warm and friendly - his way of telling about his wife and children (and other family members) really makes you feel like you know them.

But this book is not just a book of warm fuzzy stories. Chris has shared some of his experiences of seeing God in the everyday, mundane situations of life we all have. Just be reading the book, you will be better able to see the hand of the Lord of the universe in *your* life!

Some of the stories really hit me hard. Chris writes very honestly about his own feelings and makes himself vulnerable, which is a very very brave thing to do. I must add that when Chris was on WMBI and his wife Andrea was hosting the best Christian syndicated call-in show in the country, they actually were on MidDay Connection together talking about their marriage, including a real close hard look at some difficult times in their marriage. I really admired them for that.

Back to the book... Most of the stories had my laughing and crying within the same 2-minute period. Not everyone can write like that! Parents especially will enjoy this book. My own children are older now, and this book reminded me of some of the similar times we had when they were little.

I was just looking through the book again trying to pick out highlights. It's really hard - the whole book is great, but here's the topics of a few: Chris taking his daughter on her first date, a trip to the pediatrician (boy, could I identify with that one - we wanted them to install a drive-through window whereby you could stick the child's head out the window and the doctor could check ears and throats, at the next window you'd pay and get your prescription for the inevitable amoxicillin that Chris talks about in his book).

Another wonderful story was one of the first ones in which Chris and Andrea were going for a walk and Chris was... er... hmmm... not really paying attention. And there's a classic where daughter Kristin (who used to say "Jofuss" instead of Joseph when telling the Christmas story from Luke 2) got "God bless you" in her Rice Krispies and that raised the question - what do *we* do when something comes and messes up our day, our week, our life?

And one of the most touching stories is called "I Didn't Even Know Her Name" which was about an apparently homeless woman who hung around the office building where the radio station had their offices. The story talks about how we tend to hang around with people like us. We tend to avoid people who are different, whether their clothes tattered, or they're smelly, or their conversation is somewhat fragmented. Didn't Jesus come to minister to those people too? Chris is very honest about his feelings in this story and they changed at the end. Really makes you think.

Thanks Chris, for letting us into your life and your home, and your thoughts. When is the next book coming out?

As for people reading this review, order several copies! It would make a great gift to have on hand!