In Praise of Houseflies

Meditations on the Gifts in Everyday Quandaries

9781966828358

222 pages

Calla Press Publishing Llc

Paperback / softback $15.99

Overview

What if life’s greatest annoyances held some of its deepest lessons?

In Praise of Houseflies: Meditations on the Gifts in Everyday Quandaries is a lyrical collection of Christian essays exploring the unexpected gifts hidden in life's ordinary frustrations and difficulties.

Drawing on experiences of missionary life in Ethiopia, pandemic isolation, marriage, and motherhood, Elise Tegegne reflects on how inconveniences, loneliness, boredom, humiliation, pain, and everyday routines can become opportunities for spiritual growth.

Through personal storytelling, literary reflection, Scripture, and the wisdom of spiritual writers, Tegegne invites readers to discover God's grace in the overlooked details of daily life. Rather than dismissing hardship, she considers how a more attentive perspective can open the way to humility, compassion, and deeper faith.

Author Bio

Elise Tegegne is a writer and editor. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, and her work has appeared in Plough, Ekstasis by Christianity Today, Dappled Things, The Windhover, Risen Motherhood, and The Indianapolis Star, among others. She taught French in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she met her husband. She now lives in Indianapolis with her family. Find her on social media @ elisetegegne or on her website, www.elisetegegne.com.