The Practice of the Presence of God (Pre-Order)

Overview

Most people don’t choose to reject God. They just stop paying attention to Him.

Brother Lawrence, a seventeenth-century Parisian monk, was not like most people. While he worked as a cook or made and repaired sandals—his primary jobs at the monastery—Brother Lawrence learned something simple and exact: God is just as present in our mundane day-to-day tasks as He is in prayer. Not sometimes. Not ideally. Always.

The Practice of the Presence of God with the Spiritual Maxims brings Brother Lawrence’s insights and wisdom to the forefront of our minds. His “Conversations” and “Letters” highlight his lived reality, one that is pious, humble, and repeatable. The Maxims further sharpen his outlook on life. They define a way of life that requires attention, return, and a refusal to separate the sacred from the ordinary.

This isn’t just abstract spirituality. It’s a discipline of awareness.

Work becomes prayer not because the task changes, but because our awareness does. The work stays the same; you don’t lose sight of the task at hand. But your attention shifts. Distraction is no longer something to fight or be discouraged by. It becomes the signal to return to God, again and again. Over time, that pattern builds something steady. A quieter mind. A more focused presence. A kind of peace that doesn’t collapse when your circumstances do.

Brother Lawrence’s life was small by most standards. But his consistent devotion to God was bigger than anything imaginable. That’s the point.

He proves that a life centered on God is not built in ideal conditions. It is built in the middle of daily repetition.

Start where you are and bring God into everyday tasks you’re already doing.

ISBN: 978-1-63582-522-0