Random God Sightings

Random God Sightings

You hunger to experience God. You long to know if He’s really there, if He’s really even concerned with you . So did Kelly Hanes—until she discovered a way to ask, a way to seek, and she began to see God, really see Him, in the most unexpected places. God buys lottery tickets. God eats Doritos. God is a girl. God plays video games. With her eyes wide open, Kelly beautifully recorded twenty-six true encounters with God. These poignant, down-to-earth vignettes reveal a God who yearns to show up in our lives—in our homes, in our classrooms, in the park. God is at work all around us. He is real and accessible. He is working through random people, believers and non-believers alike, through you even —Kelly will show you how to look. “Kelly teaches us how to recognize God’s grace at work. Adults and children, the healthy and the afflicted, believers and atheists alike can shine the light of God’s love into our lives if only we open our eyes to see it!” Shannon Upton, motivational speaker and author of Organizing You “If He’s invited, God will indeed show up in our everyday lives, often in the most unexpected ways and unlikely places. Thank you, Kelly, for challenging me to anticipate and savor these encounters as precious treasures from His heart to mine.” Shirley Swindle, author of The Adventures of Annie and Ellie-Belly Early every morning I run -- originally the streets of small town Ohio, now the greenbelt trails of Houston with my boxer Sophia. I feel God when I run outdoors, and I talk to Him -- about me, about life and about the people I've met. Sometimes I come home and write about what we've discussed. "Random God Sightings" is a collection of stories about those things -- me, life and the times God appeared to me in unexpected people and unexpected places. Kelly is author of Random God Sightings , and her blog, The Other Sermon, can be found at KellyHanes.com. A graduate of the University of Houston, Kelly received the Outstanding Thesis of 2011 Award from The Honors College for her thesis, "Wordsworth and The Religious Experience." She also received Honorable Mention in the Houston Tolerance Essay Contest sponsored by Rice University Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance and the Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston Partnership in 2004. Born and raised in Ohio, she lives in Houston, Texas, wife to one, human mother to four and dog mother to two. She enjoys running, writing and working with pets.