Contact: Dean Nelson, 619-301-1662, dean@deannelson.net; www.deannelson.net  

MEDIA ADVISORY, Sept. 22 /Standard Newswire/ -- Have you ever had a conversation that went far deeper than the words spoken, or an experience where you felt you had participated in something divine?

What is going on in those moments? Veteran journalist Dean Nelson looks at the everyday details of our lives through the prism of the seven sacraments in his new book God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World (Brazos Press). He explores the idea of grace through sacramental living, expanding our ideas of what the sacraments entail, and helps readers see the sacred in conversations, meals, relationships, marriages, jobs, and major and minor life transitions. People of all faiths and even people of no faith will be able to see the details of their lives in a deeper and more profound way. Through film, novels, personal storytelling and a lot of humor, Nelson shows that there really IS more going on in our lives than we might think. Sometimes those everyday details are actually sacred moments where we can see the activity of God.

Here is what leading writers and thinkers in the Christian world say about God Hides in Plain Sight: 

"Dean has hit on something pretty incredible with this book -- it touches you, it connects, it's humorous, and it will make you see the sacred in the mundane things of your everyday life. It makes you end your day saying, 'This was a pretty good day.' Count me as a happy reader -- it's a great book." Mark Larson, host of Mark Larson Radio.

"Dean Nelson writes beautifully. In God Hides in Plain Sight, he will help you spot what is most worth seeing (and very easily missed): the beauty of God camouflaged in the sacrament of your daily experience, around you, right now, whoever and wherever you are."-Brian McLaren 

"Dean Nelson lovingly explores those spaces of encountering God; his luminous book has helped me see the sacred in the ordinary anew. I am grateful" -Lauren Winner 

"In a wonderful narrative, Nelson weaves the sacred presence of God through his text, and reveals that thread also running through our own lives. A lovely read."-Donald Miller 

Nelson is the founder and director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, and has written for the New York Times, the Boston Globe and still writes for several national media organizations, including Beliefnet and Christianity Today. Details about his book are at www.brazospress.com and at www.deannelson.net. Nelson can be reached at dean@deannelson.net.