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In our culture where time has become a commodity and remembering who we are is sometimes a challenge, sabbath keeping may be more important than ever. What follows here can be a catalyst for inviting the church to slow down, to remember and reclaim sabbath time. Additionally, it’s an invitation to pastoral renewal and replenishment in the form of sabbatical leave. I hope you find it helpful!
Featured Resources:
- Receiving the Day Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time by Dorothy Bass (B2398)
- Under the Tree of Life by Gail Ramshaw (B2304)
- Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives by Wayne Muller (B2485)
- Keeping the Sabbath Wholly:Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting by Marva Dawn (B1749)
- Clergy Renewal: the Alban Guide to Sabbatical Planning by A Richard Bullock and Richard J. Bruesehoff (B2459)
- Sabbatical Journey by Henri Nouwen (B2434)
- The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People edited by Dorothy Bass (B2220)
- Sabbath Time by Tilden Edwards (B2824)
- A Timbered Choir: the Sabbath Poems by Wendell Berry
- Ministerial Sabbaticals: Tools for Mission (B2822)
- Catch Your Breath: God’s Invitation to Sabbath Rest by Don Postema (B2823)
- Journeying Toward Renewal: A Spiritual Companion for Pastoral Sabbaticals by Melissa Bane Sevier (B2825)
- Sabbath of Peace (VT1642)
- The Ten Commandments (VT2238)
- Dusting Off Theology (VT930)
- Living the Ten Commandments (VT2040)
- Power Tools: the Ten Commandments (VT1379)
- Changing the Rhythm of Parish Ministry: Sabbatical Policy Insights (VT2183)
- Why You Should Give Your Pastor a Sabbatical (VT2445)
- Keep the Sabbath (VT2160)