Sabbath
Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
by Wayne Muller
Summary
Muller reminds us of our deep need for a regular Sabbath practice. The personal rest, renewal, and healing we find in Sabbath also translates into benefit for our families and communities. Well-rested people act with greater kindness, see with better clarity, and offer deeper wisdom to those around them. Muller includes various suggestions for ways to embrace a regular Sabbath.
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Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
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Favorite Quotes
“Sabbath time can be a revolutionary challenge to the violence of overwork, mindless accumulation, and the endless multiplication of desires, responsibilities, and accomplishments. Sabbath is a way of being in time where we remember who we are, remember what we know, and taste the gifts of spirit and eternity.”
“So many truly precious things grow only in the soil of time; and we can only begin to know their value when we stop counting.”
Both time and money are essential commodities for building a just and healthy world. But during Sabbath, we specifically honor those precious things—courage, creativity, wisdom, peace, kindness, and delight—that grow only in the soil of time. When we plant our seeds in that ground—when we invest our financial capital in service of those priceless human gifts—the bountiful harvest that erupts can take our breath away.”
“Just as the unborn child in the womb of its mother silently receives an endless supply of nourishment, warmth, and protection, so, during Sabbath time, does the sweet womb of sacred rest enfold us, nourish us, heal and restore us.”
