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a few good books
(for the deep dive)
Sabbath Is the Climax of Living
***assigned reading***
“In an age that has lost its soul, Sabbath keeping offers the possibility of gaining it back. In an age desperately searching for meaning, Sabbath keeping offers a new hope.”
Marva J. Dawn
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
“God’s pace is slower than ours, and when we align ourselves with His rhythms, we find peace and rest.”
John Mark Comer
Sabbath in the Suburbs
“Sabbath puts the focus on God and God’s gracious invitation to rest from one’s work.”
MaryAnn McKibben Dana
The Sabbath
A meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day from a Jewish perspective. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the material things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that “the Sabbaths are our great cathedrals.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel
some excellent articles
(thought provoking, but shorter)
How to Guard Sabbath for Your Children
“Families that prioritize Sabbath fix their eyes on and find their identity in Christ, recognizing that their greatest potential for missed opportunity lies not in neglecting activities but in neglecting time—lots of it—spent together as a family in worship, rest, and community with each other.”
Jen Wilkin
other really great resources
(websites, podcasts, and youtube finds)
The Sabbath Practice
“The Sabbath is a 24-hour time period set aside to stop, rest, delight, and worship. It is the best day of the week. In our era of chronic exhaustion, emotional unhealth, and spiritual stagnation, few things are more necessary than the recovery of this ancient practice.”
Practicing the Way