Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
Sep 2013 · Bantam
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“In Sabbath, Wayne Muller gives us the license, the encouragement to take that single mindful breath which puts our busy lives in perspective and helps restore our souls.”—Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Find peace in our fast-paced world with this thoughtful guide to creating a dedicated time of rest, delight, and renewal—from the New York Times bestselling author of How, Then, Shall We Live?
Millennia ago, the tradition of Sabbath created an oasis of sacred time within a life of unceasing labor. In today’s world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necessary rhythm of life, the balance between work and rest. Constantly striving, we feel exhausted and deprived in the midst of great abundance. We long for time with friends and family, we long for a moment to ourselves.
Now, in a book that can heal our harried lives, Wayne Muller shows us how to foster a time for effortless, nourishing rest—a healing refuge for our souls.
We need not even schedule an entire day each week. Sabbath time can be a Sabbath afternoon, a Sabbath hour, a Sabbath walk. With wonderful stories, poems, and suggestions for practice, Muller teaches us how we can use this time of sacred rest to refresh our bodies and minds, restore our creativity, and regain our birthright of inner happiness.
Find peace in our fast-paced world with this thoughtful guide to creating a dedicated time of rest, delight, and renewal—from the New York Times bestselling author of How, Then, Shall We Live?
Millennia ago, the tradition of Sabbath created an oasis of sacred time within a life of unceasing labor. In today’s world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necessary rhythm of life, the balance between work and rest. Constantly striving, we feel exhausted and deprived in the midst of great abundance. We long for time with friends and family, we long for a moment to ourselves.
Now, in a book that can heal our harried lives, Wayne Muller shows us how to foster a time for effortless, nourishing rest—a healing refuge for our souls.
We need not even schedule an entire day each week. Sabbath time can be a Sabbath afternoon, a Sabbath hour, a Sabbath walk. With wonderful stories, poems, and suggestions for practice, Muller teaches us how we can use this time of sacred rest to refresh our bodies and minds, restore our creativity, and regain our birthright of inner happiness.
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Virginia Richardson
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September 22, 2019
The book gave me a new prospective on "Sabbath". I have heard it said... Discipline say "I need to have a Sabbath time Duty say "I should have a Sabbath time" Devotion says "I desire to have a Sabbath time" The book showed me how vital Sabbath is to my whole well being. Before I read this book, I viewed the Sabbath legalisticly. Since reading the book, I now desire to have a more restful, life giving Sabbath time.
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Dr. Michael Hoyes
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March 6, 2014
About the author
Wayne Muller is an ordained minister and therapist and founder of Bread for the Journey, an innovative organization serving families in need. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he is Senior Scholar at the Fetzer Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He also runs the Institute for Engaged Spirituality and gives lectures and retreats nationwide. He is the author of Legacy of the Heart, a New York Times bestseller, and How, Then, Shall We Live? He lives with his family in northern California.
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