A Rule for the Rest of Us: An Ancient Practice for Making the Daily Decisions That Shape Faithful Lives by Michel, Jen Pollock
A Rule for the Rest of Us: An Ancient Practice for Making the Daily Decisions That Shape Faithful Lives by Michel, Jen Pollock

A Rule for the Rest of Us: An Ancient Practice for Making the Daily Decisions That Shape Faithful Lives

Discover an accessible, five-step framework for writing a rule of life with award-winning author Jen Pollock Michel,...
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Author: Jen Pollock Michel
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A Rule for the Rest of Us: An Ancient Practice for Making the Daily Decisions That Shape Faithful Lives by Michel, Jen Pollock

A Rule for the Rest of Us: An Ancient Practice for Making the Daily Decisions That Shape Faithful Lives

$33.60
A Rule for the Rest of Us: An Ancient Practice for Making the Daily Decisions That Shape Faithful Lives by Michel, Jen Pollock

A Rule for the Rest of Us: An Ancient Practice for Making the Daily Decisions That Shape Faithful Lives

$33.60
Author: Jen Pollock Michel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Discover an accessible, five-step framework for writing a rule of life with award-winning author Jen Pollock Michel, who transforms this ancient practice into a grounded way of living faithfully in a distracted world.

A rule of life isn't a rigid list of spiritual disciplines that makes you feel guilty when you fail. It's a grounded way of living faithfully in the chaotic world we inhabit.

Drawing from years of leading spiritual formation workshops, Jen Pollock Michel helps you:

  • Keep company with God--Establish practices that cultivate ongoing conversation with the One who sustains your life.
  • Name your givens--Honestly assess your current season, roles, and limitations instead of fighting against them.
  • Attend to your desires--Examine what your heart truly longs for as an important step toward faithful response.
  • Articulate faithful habits--Develop specific, sustainable practices for your relationships, work, and daily rhythms.
  • Review and revise--Create systems for ongoing reflection and adaptation as life changes.

Your finished rule might include a weekly date with your spouse, morning prayer before checking your phone, or boundaries around evening work emails. The specifics will be as unique as the life God has given you.

Combining the enduring wisdom of Saint Benedict with the realities of modern life, this book proves that ancient practices can help you live with clarity, courage, commitment, and care--right where you are.

Author: Jen Pollock Michel
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9798217152285

About the Author
Jen Pollock Michel is the award-winning author of five books: Teach Us to Want (Christianity Today's Book of the Year), Keeping Place, Surprised by Paradox (Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award of Merit--Beautiful Orthodoxy), A Habit Called Faith, and In Good Time (Canada's Word Guild Book of the Year Award). Jen is a sought-after contributor to publications like Christianity Today, The Christian Century, The Gospel Coalition, Mockingbird, and The Dispatch, among others. She is also a first-year mentor in Whitworth University's MFA in Creative Writing program, and she travels to speak at churches, conferences, and retreats. Over the past several years, she has been teaching rule-of-life workshops to hundreds of people across various life stages. The mother of five children, she is married to Ryan, and they live in Cincinatti, Ohio.
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