#99: Spiritual Health: Celebrating Sabbath with Mark Buchanan

How do you keep Sabbath when you're a mom and constantly needed? What does Sabbath look like when you love working and taking a break sounds like The Worst? What do you do when kids' activities interfere with Sabbath rest? Author Mark Buchanan addresses these questions and so much more in the third episode of our Spiritual Health series.  Through this series, we'll walk through five spiritual disciplines:  Studying the Bible with writer Amber Palmer (Episode #97) Praying to connect with the heart of Christ with author Kimberly Coyle (Episode #98) Celebrating Sabbath with author Mark Buchanan – that's today Imitating Christ as we suffer with author KJ Ramsey And hearing from God for freedom with author Jen Barnett Key Quotes "Sabbath is imitating God in order to remember I'm not Him." - Author Mark Buchanan "Sabbath is God inviting us into His own rest and coming to a fresh awareness of who I am and whose I am." - Author Mark Buchanan "The crowning act of creation is God stopping."- Author Mark Buchanan "It's a lifetime project to deepen and anchor myself in the reality of the real, living, generous presence of God." - Author Mark Buchanan "The more we know God, the more we can turn off the noise in our heads." - Author Mark Buchanan "Busyness erodes our attentiveness." - Author Mark Buchanan "If I had to distill Sabbath to one practice, it would be: Pay attention." - Author Mark Buchanan "When you're busy, it's so easy to miss everything, including yourself." - Author Mark Buchanan Mentioned in the Podcast The FCC requires that I tell you that I'm an Amazon Affiliate, which means I earn a bit of commission on each sale. But don't worry there's no added cost to you! Studying the Bible with writer Amber Palmer Praying to connect with the heart of Christ with author Kimberly Coyle Thornton Wilder's Our Town  Peter Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Spirituality About Mark Buchanan Mark is an associate professor of Pastoral Theology at Ambrose Seminary. He enjoys scuba diving, fishing, and motorcycles.  He is the author of ten books, including his most recent novel David: Rise, which is Book One in a trilogy on the life of King David, and God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul.  He and his wife Cheryl lead New Story Community, a ministry that promotes the flourishing of Indigenous women.  Here's how to connect with Mark Website New Story Community Here's how to connect with Jill Website  GraceInRealLifePodcast.com  Instagram  Facebook group  Facebook page Subscribe to Jill's weekly "the good + the grace" email