‘Ordinary Saints’ encourages readers to glorify God across themes from ‘everyday life’

What does a book that has chapters covering everything from brokenness to chickens to Muppets to chronic pain have to do with Christianity?

“Ordinary Saints: Living Everyday Life to the Glory of God” links these and other seemingly unrelated topics together to show “ordinary people living everyday life to the glory of God.”

The recent Square Halo Books release is a collection of essays on a variety of subjects ranging from fun to unique to serious. Each ties its theme to encouraging and equipping saints, which is the publisher’s main objective.

Examples of some of the chapters are:

• “Juggling: Joyful, Joyful, We Juggle for Thee” by Jesse Joyner, which explores the background of a professional juggler who proclaims who Jesus is throughout every show.
• “Bone Broth: More Than Leftovers” by Phaedra Taylor is an explanation of how even something as simple as bone broth can be beautiful and demonstrates God’s creativity in addition to providing basic nutrition.
• “Traffic: Minivans and Monasteries” by Shannon Coelho is an assessment of time in the car through various stages of life and how that time can be used to connect with God.
• “Dracula: Vampire-Hunting Saints” by Geoffrey Reiter is a comparison of Dracula to an anti-Christ figure and the vampire hunters to the Church and how they fight the enemy until they obtain victory.
• “Comic Books: Pow! Fwip! Snikt! And Excelsior!” by Trip Beans is a discussion of how even heroes and antiheroes have weaknesses and shame and how Jesus overcame the weakness and shame of real people outside of the comic book world.
• “Porn: Hope for Ordinary Pornographers Who are Ordinary Saints” by Diana DiPasquale is an analysis of the sin of pornography and how pornography, as does any other sin, moves people away from God, but there’s hope because of the cross.
• “Mentoring: Sharing the Road” by Lisa Smith is an explanation of what mentoring does for both parties and that it brings glory to God through supporting each other.

To order “Ordinary Saints,” go to squarehalobooks.com.