Soul Tending: Journey Into the Heart of Sabbath

Soul Tending: Journey Into the Heart of Sabbath

by Anita Amstutz
Soul Tending: Journey Into the Heart of Sabbath

Soul Tending: Journey Into the Heart of Sabbath

by Anita Amstutz

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Overview

We live in hungry times. There is economic uncertainty, fear, violence, division, and social chaos. What is needed for times such as these is a heart full of courage and wisdom grounded in compassion and resilience. For this, we can turn to one of the practices that for so many centuries nourished people of faith through incredibly difficult life circumstances and service. Traditionally it was a communal gathering time of rest, ritual, and prayer. It is Sabbath keeping. In Soul Tending, Anita Amstutz offers field notes and a road map from her own Sabbath keeping practice for the 21st century — a practice rooted in tradition but whose tenets can be applied to practices fit for our present hectic and troubling world.

Anita has written the book in such a way that it can easily be adapted as a study guide! Each chapter ends with a list of questions for reflection that are perfect for use by full congregations, independent readers, and every kind of group in between. This provides an accessible and engaging method to a shared understanding of Sabbath keeping in the modern day.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781683367994
Publisher: TURNER PUB CO
Publication date: 05/08/2018
Pages: 148
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rev. Anita Amstutz is an ordained Mennonite Minister who led a congregation for thirteen years in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has also worked ecumenically at the Center for Action and Contemplation, a teaching ministry for contemplative prayer and action in the world. At the intersection of Catholic mysticism and Mennonite practicality, she has created and led liturgy, taught spiritual formation, preached, counseled and personally wrestled with what it means to live from “Sabbath Mind.”

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Simplicity 1

Stripping Down Our Lives

2 What Makes Your Heart Sing? 15

The Music of Meaning

3 Creation As Sabbath Companion 33

Divine Presence Everywhere

4 Sabbath Hospitality 57

The Sacrament of Welcoming

5 Cultivating Joy 77

The Sabbath Path of Creativity, Contemplation, and Play

6 Reimagining Work 97

God's Sabbath Economy

Acknowledgements 123

Notes 125

Suggestions for Further Reading 133

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