Muller, Wayne,  1953- <br/><br/>
Sabbath :  restoring the sacred rhythm of rest /  [print] 
Wayne Muller. 
 - New York :  Bantam Books,  (c)1999. 
 - 241 pages ;  25 cm 
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<br/><br/>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 Virgin Islands Consecration --  Mindfulness and holiness : confession --  The way of enough : a place at the table --  Ownership : giveaway --  Breaking the trance Part Virgin IslandsI. A Sabbath day --  Evening --  Morning   --  Afternoon --  Leaving Sabbath time. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780553106725 9780553380118 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98043982 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rest--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Sabbath.<br/>Christian life.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4509.M958.S233 1999 BV4509