Which activities give you energy and connect you with God? Do you know what behaviors are life-draining for you, separating you from God?Simplicity is about choosing the engaging, relational life we were meant to live. It means shedding obligationand pretension. It means spending



- time

- energy

- money

in ways that help us become clear-headed. It means being intentional about what we do and how we live. These choices allow God's power to move through us andbless others as we have space to do good.

In each chapter Jan Johnson provides small experiments with simplicity as well as questions for discussion or reflection to get you started.Come and discover the unhurried rhythms of grace.



Jan Johnson, who compiled and edited this devotional, is the author of over twenty books and more than a thousand magazine articles and Bible studies. Her books include Spiritual Disciplines Companion and Meeting God in Scripture.



1 Abundant Life With God

2 Coping With Plenty

3 What Do You Really Want?

Interlude: What Simplicity Might Look Like

4 Fewness and Fullness of Words

5 Living Light In a Land of Plenty

6 A Generous, Not Grasping, Life

7 The Intentional, Unhurried Life

8 Putting the "Free" in "Free Time"

9 Everyday Life Simplicity

10 Worry No Longer Necessary



Acknowledgements

Notes