Sabbath

The Ancient Practices Series

By: Dan B. Allender, Phyllis Tickle - editor, Phyllis Tickle - introduction

Narrated by: Henry O. Arnold

What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy?

Dan Allender's lyrical book about the Sabbath expels the myriad myths about this "day of rest," starting with the one that paints the Sabbath as a day of forced quiet, spiritual exercises, and religious devotion and attendance. This, he says, is at odds with the ancient tradition of Sabbath as a day of delight for both body and soul. Instead, the only way we can make use of the Sabbath is to see God's original intent for the day with new eyes. In Sabbath, Allender builds a case for delight by looking at this day as a festival that celebrates God's re-creative, redemptive love using four components:

• Sensual glory and beauty
• Ritual
• Communal feasting
• Playfulness

Now you can experience the delight of the Sabbath as you never have before—a day in which you receive and extend reconciliation, peace, abundance, and joy.

The Ancient Practices

There is a hunger in every human heart for connection, primitive and raw, to God. To satisfy it, many are beginning to explore traditional spiritual disciplines used for centuries . . . everything from fixed-hour prayer to fasting to sincere observance of the Sabbath. Compelling and readable, the Ancient Practices series is for every spiritual sojourner, for every Christian seeker who wants more.

Fresh understanding of Sabbath

I found this to be a very passionate beckoning for all of creation to Sabbath.

JOY!

This book is a thing of beauty! What a wonderful revelation! We were created by God to be in joyful, nourishing friendship with Him and with one another, and we're to be intentional about the time we set apart to engage in the nurture and enjoyment of these relationships! Amen!!!

Engaging and tangible

I really enjoyed this exhortation to observe the sabbath. My husband and I agree that we will confess our faith by obeying HIS law on how to worship Him. what a blessing as I approach my first sabbath. God is Good in and out of time.

I felt peace throughout the whole book it allow my heart to settle into the idea of Sabbath

This book is written, exquisitely, the author captivated my heart. I was able to become part of the sabbath all that he was explaining became alive inside of me. Excellent writing phenomenal narrator.