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Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
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Average Rating:  out of 12 Reviews
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $18.95
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Manufacturer: Sounds True, Incorporated
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EAN (European Article Number): 9781564556776
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Number of Items: 2
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Binding: Audio Cassette
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Author: Wayne Muller
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Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291
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Publication Date: 1999-09-01
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Description: It's sad that we need a book to remind us of the importance of scheduling time to rest and worship. But because we can work, shop, achieve, and otherwise stay busy every hour of every day of the week, we do. The statement, "I am so busy" has become a frighteningly common lament, according to author Wayne Muller. Our perpetual state of busyness represents a war on our natural rhythms that demand quiet and renewal in order to be emotionally, spiritually, and creatively fertile. Honoring the Sabbath need not be a commitment to a specific day of the week, explains Muller. In fact, it can be a yearlong retreat or a morning walk--"anything that preserves a visceral experience of life-giving nourishment and rest." Far more than an interesting concept, this is a good read. Each chapter is provocative and fluid, with topics such as "Fear of Rest," "Dormancy," and "The Way of Enough." At the end of his chapters, Muller offers stories, poems, or practices that speak to the themes of the Sabbath. --Gail Hudson
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Take your time with this book and heal. |
Date: 2008-06-30 |
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Details: This book is exactly what our current busy lives need. If we take the time to read it. |
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Review Summary: A Book That Everyone Should Read |
Date: 2007-03-05 |
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Details: I have read Wayne Muller's "Sabbath" multiple times, each time coinciding with a personal crisis connected to the need for rest. Its rich wisdom and creativity have given me that and more. I believe our society could also benefit from it.
Interestingly, these types of work do not necessarily reveal anything new in our quest for understanding, wisdom and refuge. They are more in the akin to reminders--reminders our culture seriously needs. In fact, it seems as if we once grasped all of this, only to let go of it. Dr. Muller's book, after all, beckons us to "remember..."
With all reviews, I like to present a largely positive outlook, but no project is perfect, so I would also like to draw attention to its few, but noticeable demerits.
One of these is the old, recycled Sixties Generation attitudes on Corporate America, poverty, and Christianity. Dr. Muller, his wonderful scholarship notwithstanding, serves up some of the same tired gripes common to this group. Yes, it is true that the industrious woman in Somalia does not get her due, but does this mean we are to hate government and big business for it? One can still work for a large corporation, put in a hard day's work (which many of us have), feel proud, get rewarded, and go home to rest.
Additionally, there are some snubs directed at Christians. In one chapter, Muller speaks disparagingly of the Christian missionaries who came to America to convert the (what else could they be?) poor, disadvantaged Indians. Why the sarcasm? Has Dr. Muller not heard of the Great Commission handed down by Jesus: to go out into the world and preach the gospel? Someone with Dr. Muller's pedigree ought to know better than that.
Dr. Muller also makes the mistake of assuming, as many unfortunately do, that Jesus' sole (or primary) purpose was to help the poor. I could scarcely believe this glaring oversight. Jesus came to reconcile man to God; as an extension of this, he assisted the poor, among other things.
Yet all in all, Dr. Muller does a wonderful job of standing in the midst of today's hectic society and saying, "Wait, wait..." He is the Paul Revere of the Age of Burnout.
I hope this book can somehow be made available to as many people as possible.
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Review Summary: The Sabbath Was Made For Man |
Date: 2004-07-07 |
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Details: This book is a good introduction to rest for anyone interested in it, yet it leaves the decision up to the reader as to which day one is to keep as a rest day. Is the Sabbath rest command subject to arbitrary decision making leaving it up to the individual to decide which day is to be kept? When Jesus spoke to his disciples he said that the Sabbath was made for man. Now there are some who may argue that the Saturday Sabbath was for the Jewish people only because he was talking with Jews at the time, yet, Jesus, you know, the God or Yahweh of the Old Testament gave the Sabbath to the Israelites, 12 tribes not just to Judah (with Benjamin and Levi, the Jews today.) Also, the scripture stated that man was to keep 'THE' Sabbath day holy not 'A' Sabbath day. However, this book introduces the topic. Yet is the day for our pleasure or for God's? Although man was not created for the Sabbath to be it's slave, the Sabbath or 'THE' seventh day was created for mankind or made at the time of creation for all to keep. |
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Review Summary: What a Neat Book |
Date: 2000-12-23 |
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Details: I read this slowly, picking it up now and then, going through one brief
chapter at a time. I always found a smile on my face and a bit of
wisdom in my soul. This is an eloquent, poetic book that I would
highly recommend.Muller starts with some history of what the Sabbath
has meant in the Jewish and Christian religions and how it has been
practiced through the centuries. But this is not dogmatic reading at
all. The author uses the word Sabbath as a metaphor for rest in our
lives - whether it's an actual day, morning ritual, or simply a few
moments alone during a busy day. He reminds us that there is a reason
that this Sabbath concept has been such a strong component of life in
our past, and warns us against the modern trend towards constant
activity. Chapters are filled with personal experiences, stories of
others, poems, and suggestions for incorporating mindful rest into our
lives. I look forward to rereading this numerous times in the future.
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Review Summary: SABBATH, Restoring the Sacred Rythem of Rest |
Date: 2000-12-01 |
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Details: A profound experience reading Muller's work. I am in recovery and activily pratisipate in the program Alcoholics Anonymous ergo I am anonymous and will not identify myself. I write and experience a lot of speritual moments in my writing. I was moved very deeply by the depth of the book and how the excercises when practiced brought the peace of a living God into my presence. Being addicive in nature I am a workaholic as I found my true calling at the age of 45. I love what I do and am so enamored with it I work way beyond the physical limits of my aging body. This book and it's return to basic living paterns has resored my energy and awareness of the closeness of my Power Greater Than All. Now twenty odd years in a program that saved my life I have more, love more, give of myself more as a result. This book now has taken me back to the basics of caring for myself first. I am renewed, refreshed and with the help of the reading herein, I am in a new place with more vigor to give of myself. I am greatful for the opportunity to share this. |
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