Sacramental Living: Falling Stars and Coloring Outside the Lines

By Dwight W. Vogel

Book Overview

Demonstrates through story and thoughtful reflection, the truth that there is no separation between communion with God in everyday life and the experience of the sacred in Christian worship,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835808890
• ISBN13: 9780835808897
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Upper Room Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A New Old Way to Approach Life - Sacramentality

In the grand sweep of post-Baby-Boom theologians and liturgical practitioners, Dwight and Linda Vogel stand out as both wonderful teachers and practical advisors. The title might seem a little too "space cadet" for those of us not aculturated to a late-sixties world view. Don't let this fool you: the title is an accruate reflection of the contents and the spirit of the book. At its heart, the book is an attempt (successful!) at placing the lessons of baptism and Eucharist into daily life. No one sees the world in the living colors that the Vogels do. Snap this book up, read it, contemplate it, and live it. It is a mad roller-coaster ride through sacramental thought expressed in daily living. Appropriate for all stripes of Christians, but the liturgical denominations will probably "get it" more quickly. I am somewhere between the Wesleyan & Eastern Orthodox strains on the theological scale, and this book hit me squarely between the eyes. The style is readable and fairly represents what you'd hear and see if you met the Vogels in person (I have just recently.) I can recommend it completely, totally, heartily. Read and enjoy! It is a delight, fun, approachable - but be warned, it might permanently change your life; it did for me.

Holiness in the Ordinary

This book offers a new perspective on the idea of sacraments by looking at life lived sacramentally. The Vogels move beyond church traditional thinking about sacraments (Eucharist, Baptism, and others) to think about friendships, hospitality, sharing gifts, being present to others as sacraments. They invite readers to think about the whole of life as sacred and they see aspects of the sacred in all facets of life.