Ordinary Things: A Year of Reflection for the Life You Have

A year is not something to get through. It is a life to notice.

Ordinary Things offers fifty-two reflections rooted in the Rule of Saint Benedict and the small encounters of everyday life. Each week pairs a reflection with one question to carry into the days ahead.

Read the reflection, sit with the question, and return to it as the week unfolds. A conversation, a remembered moment, or something you notice today may give it a different meaning. There is no need to produce a new answer every day.

An introduction to Saint Benedict and the Rule offers a starting place for readers new to this tradition. The weekly reflections invite you to consider its wisdom in the life you already have.

The Kindle edition includes all 52 reflections and weekly questions, without the journal writing pages. The hardcover journal includes three pages of writing space each week.

Begin where you are. Take the year slowly.