Sabbath
Subtitle: finding rest, renewal, and delight in our busy lives
By: Wayne Muller
Edition: Bantam trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780553380118
Subjects: Christian life; Rest; Sabbath; Christianity
Description: A meditation on the need for a day of rest, against the background of a growing commercialization of Sunday. The author analyzes the rhythm of labor and rest, by which all living beings are governed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-236).
Table of contents: title: Remember the Sabbath : a note on the exercises; title: Rest for the weary : lighting Sabbath candles; title: The joy of rest : creating time and space; title: Legalism and the dreary Sabbath : a Sabbath meal; title: A new beginning : begin again; title: It is good : blessing; title: Fear of rest : silence; title: Dormancy : the Sabbath box; title: The rhythm of creation : the Sabbath walk; title: Inner music : the cadence of breath; title: Hurtling toward the eschaton : nature; title: Let it be : prayer; title: The book of hours : lectio divina; title: A life well lived : play; title: Seize the day : altar; title: Why time is not money : reciting our precepts; title: A deeper wealth : the wealth of companionship; title: The pursuit of happiness : gratefulness; title: The gospel of consumption : happiness for free; title: Selling unhappiness : morning rituals; title: The tyranny of choice : stopping to rest; title: Sensuality and delight : take off your shoes; title: Doing good badly : patience; title: Be still and know : sleeping on it; title: Nobody special : humility; title: Being Sabbath : thinning; title: Beginner's mind : cleansing; title: Mindfulness and holiness : confession; title: The way of enough : a place at the table; title: Ownership : giveaway; title: Breaking the table; title: Evening; title: Morning; title: Afternoon; title: Leaving Sabbath time.