Sabbath - by Wayne Muller (Paperback)

About the Book

Muller's beautiful book brings the spirit of Sabbath alive today for people of all faiths, enabling readers to reclaim peace and joy at the heart of their overworked, overcommitted lives.

Book Synopsis

"In Sabbath, Wayne Muller gives us the license, the encouragement to take that single mindful breath which puts our busy lives in perspective and helps restore our souls."--Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Find peace in our fast-paced world with this thoughtful guide to creating a dedicated time of rest, delight, and renewal--from the New York Times bestselling author of How, Then, Shall We Live?

Millennia ago, the tradition of Sabbath created an oasis of sacred time within a life of unceasing labor. In today's world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necessary rhythm of life, the balance between work and rest. Constantly striving, we feel exhausted and deprived in the midst of great abundance. We long for time with friends and family, we long for a moment to ourselves.

Now, in a book that can heal our harried lives, Wayne Muller shows us how to foster a time for effortless, nourishing rest--a healing refuge for our souls.

We need not even schedule an entire day each week. Sabbath time can be a Sabbath afternoon, a Sabbath hour, a Sabbath walk. With wonderful stories, poems, and suggestions for practice, Muller teaches us how we can use this time of sacred rest to refresh our bodies and minds, restore our creativity, and regain our birthright of inner happiness.

Review Quotes

"In Sabbath, Wayne Muller gives us the license, the encouragement to take that single mindful breath which puts our busy lives in perspective and helps restore our souls."--Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

"Muller's insights are applicable within a broad spectrum of faiths and will appeal to a wide range of readers."--Publishers Weekly

"One of the best spiritual books of the year."--Spirituality and Health

"Wayne Muller's call to remember the Sabbath is not only rich, wise and poetic, it may well be the only salvation for body and soul in a world gone crazy with busyness and stress."--Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and A Woman's Book of Life

"This is a book that may save your life. Sabbath offers a surprising direction for healing to anyone who has ever glimpsed emptiness at the heart of a busy and productive life."--Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom

"This is a superb book--but more than superb, it is a necessary one. Wayne Muller's message is one of the wisest treatments of stress that I have ever come across."--Caroline Myss, Ph.D., author of Anatomy of the Spirit

"Wayne Muller's book is dangerous. You will read it, share it with your family, and your longing for a weekly day of pampering your souls will become a reality."--Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi

"Wayne Muller has a remarkable ability to weave together the strands of different religious traditions to reveal how much they have in common."--George W. Webber, President Emeritus, New York Theological Seminary

"Wayne Muller demonstrates with clarity and compassion that when we are given the space, the tools, and the permission to say no to the ever-increasing busyness that affects our lives, we find genuine rest and reconnection."--Sharon Salzberg, author of A Heart as Wide as the World

"Wayne Muller's wisdom and compassion resonate with the highest feelings in my soul. I am deeply moved by the profound insights in Sabbath."--Neale Donald Walsch, bestselling author of Conversations with God

"Sabbath is a valuable guide in bringing a sense of sacredness to the hectic pace of modern life. Muller writes with the simplicity and elegance typical of great spiritual insights."--Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Prayer Is Good Medicine

"Sabbath is a wise and warm gem of a book that lights the way for relaxing into the great peace of our spiritual nature."--Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity and Awakening Earth

"One of the most compelling, reassuring, enjoyable, and affirming books I have read in years. Muller draws beautifully from scripture, poetry, experiences, and wisdom to reacquaint us with our still nature and the wealth that flows from resting in that stillness--even for a moment at a time."--Martin Rossman, M.D., author of Healing Yourself: A Step-by-Step Program for Better Health Through Imagery

About the Author

Wayne Muller is an ordained minister and therapist and founder of Bread for the Journey, an innovative organization serving families in need. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he is Senior Scholar at the Fetzer Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He also runs the Institute for Engaged Spirituality and gives lectures and retreats nationwide. He is the author of Legacy of the Heart, a New York Times bestseller, and How, Then, Shall We Live? He lives with his family in northern California.