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Muller, Wayne, 1953-

Sabbath : restoring the sacred rhythm of rest / Wayne Muller.

New York : Bantam Books, ©1999.

241 pages ; 25 cm

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.

Rest -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Sabbath.

Christian life.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236).

Part I. Rest -- Rest for the weary : lighting Sabbath candles -- The joy of rest : creating time and space -- Legalism and the dreary Sabbath : a Sabbath meal -- A new beginning : begin again -- It is good : blessing -- Dormancy : the Sabbath box -- Part II. Rhythm -- The rhythm of creation : the Sabbath walk -- Inner music : the cadence of breath -- Hurtling toward the eschaton : nature -- Let it be : prayer -- The book of hours : lectio divina -- Part III. Time -- A life well lived : play -- Seize the day : alter -- Why time is not money : reciting our precepts -- A deeper wealth : the wealth of companionship -- Part IV. Happiness -- The pursuit of happiness : gratefulness -- The gospel of consumption : happiness for free -- Selling unhappiness : morning rituals -- The tyranny of choice : stopping to rest -- Sensuality and delight : take off your shoes -- Part V. Wisdom -- Doing good badly : patience -- Be still and know : sleeping on it -- Nobody special : humility -- Being Sabbath : thinning -- Beginner's mind : cleansing -- Part VI. Consecration -- Mindfulness and holiness : confession -- The way of enough : a place at the table -- Ownership : giveaway -- Breaking the trance -- Part VII. A Sabbath day -- Evening -- Morning -- Afternoon -- Leaving Sabbath time.

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