The Rest of God
Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath

After reading a couple good reviews of Mark Buchanan's work a year or so ago I bought a couple of his books. Upon receiving the books, though, they quickly languished on my shelves. They looked too "pop-culturey" to me to rouse me to read. I'm glad they finally made it into my hands. "The Rest of God"......more

This was such a gentle invitation into deeper and more in the area of Sabbath but even more so in relationship with God. Feel like I’ve read a lot of books and listened to a lot of podcasts on Sabbath and still left this book with so much new insight and perspective, for which I’m grateful. Whether......more

Decent nuggets of wisdom buried in narrative purple prose basically.......more

kind of a drag. Maybe that was the point? Took me way too long to read. Got bored. But the end was pretty good. I’d say the last few chapters would’ve sufficed. The author went on little rants/bunny trails that I wasn’t interested in, but toward the end became a tiny bit more engaging. Idk......more

On the Sabbath: “Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life. And then do whatever you want.” Sabbath was made for us. It’s a gift.......more