Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World by Mike Cosper

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have really enjoyed this book. What I did not realize was this book was about the spiritual disciplines or habits. What made this book different for me was it is not a how to book. In the end this was not about being better at the disciplines but paying more attention to what is going on around us. Maybe if we were not so distracted we might be more amazed about what we see God doing in and around us.

Cosper does remind us that we need to spend the time in Scripture, prayer and worship to be able to pay attention. Instead of a how to Cosper does lay out pathways to help us incorporate these habits to make us more aware of the wonder around us.

What I appreciate about Cosper’s approach is that wonder is not dependent on the mountaintop experiences (they don’t satisfy) but on the awareness of the very real and present reality of Christ with us. While waiting for the tow truck, the doctors call or the job interview what we don’t need is a laser light show, thundering bass and fog machines but the assurance that Christ is with us. We become convinced of His presence in regular times of Scripture, prayer, worship, fellowship and even feasting.

In the end this is not a manual or how to on the Spiritual disciplines but a call to escape the distractions around us and see the wonder and power of God in our daily existence.

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