Below you will find resources and guides to help you integrate your life of sabbath and work into the rhythm of God’s gracious and creative kingdom. Remember: even the smallest steps in the same direction will eventually take you from where you are now… to where you want to be.
Entering and Ending the Sabbath | A guide to help you begin and complete a Sabbath day of rest.
Getting into Rhythm | A discussion guide with reflection questions and helps for walking in step with God’s rhythm of rest and work.
Suggested Reading
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest by Ruth Haley Barton | A guide meant to ground us in God's intentions in giving us the gift of sabbath, providing practical steps for embedding sabbath rhythms in churches and organizations.
Work Matters by Tom Nelson | Striking a balance between theological depth and practical counsel, this book outlines God’s purposes for work in a way that helps us to make the most of our vocation and to join God in his work in the world.
An Unhurried Life by Alan Fadling | Following the framework of Jesus' earthly life, this book shows how the work of "unhurrying" ourselves is central to our spiritual development… It affirms that we are called to work and to do work: Productivity is not a sin―it is the attitudes behind our work that can be our undoing. How do we find balance between our sense of calling and the call to rest?
Made to Flourish is a ministry resource which hopes to help Christians and churches integrate work and faith. “Closing the gap between Sunday and Monday is why Made to Flourish exists.”