The spiritual life is an actual life, not just a series of every-now-and-thenreligious experiences. Living Beyond The Sanctuary describes the trailthat God has set before us--a comprehensive way of existence that includes clearbenchmarks for what it means to become like Jesus--whether we're stuck intraffic, closing a business deal, peeling potatoes, or tucking our children intobed. Following Jesus through all of life's ordinary moments means shaping ourhearts and minds around his two greatest commands: Loving God (through Godwardpractices) and loving others (by means of "Outward" practices.)

Living Beyond The Sanctuary is an invitation to become lifelonglearners of Jesus, not just casual observers sitting along the sidelines oflife. It is a call to give up a life you cannot keep in order to gain a life youcannot lose.

Glenn McDonald is senior pastor ofZionsville Presbyterian Church in suburban Indianapolis, a congregation hehelped organize in 1983. The church has been named one of the 300 ExcellentProtestant Congregations in America (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2001). Heis co-author with Ben C. Johnson of Imagining a Church in the Spirit(William B. Eerdmans, 1999) and a consultant for the Presbyterian Church (USA).He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School,Deerfield, IL.