Sabbath
Resource Title #1Author Last Name #1 Author First Name Shelf Number Description
A Day of Rest: Creating Spiritual Space In Your Week Hickman Martha Whitmore 263.1 The author helps us to explore the concept of sabbath & brings us to a place of rest & peace in our turbulent & ever-changing world.
Be Still: Designing and Leading Contemplative Retreats Vennard Jane E. 269.6 A guide book on how to design and lead contemplative retreats. Sample retreats are inlcuded as well as a theological & biblical understanding of the model & purpose for such retreats. A design for home retreats & other suggested resources are included.
Becoming Bread: Meditations on Loving & Transformation Norris Gunilla 242 Using the time-honored ritual of making bread as a metaphor, the author explores how each phase of this activity can be seen to reveal the power of love to comfort, heal and transform.
Catch Your Breath: God's Invitation To Sabbath Rest Postema Don 263.3 A guide for small groups of believers who wish to learn & practice sabbath rest.
Celebrating The Sabbath: Finding Rest in a Restless World Ray Bruce A. 263.1 Helpful, biblical & encouragingly look at what's so special about the Sabbath & how we can make the best use of Sundays in a fast-paced world.
Clergy Renewal: The Alban Guide to Sabbatical Planning Bullock A Richard 253.2 Definitive guide to putting together refreshing pastoral sabbaticals that can help keep ministry vital and growing for the long term.
Feasting With God: Adventures in Table Spirituality Whitcomb Holly W. 248 An entertaining celebration of creative & spiritual ways to enjoy food within a variety of community settings. The author offers 16 different feasts which include reflections, activity ideas, recipies, liturgies & more.
God's Call: Our Vocation - Summer 2005 (We Believe curriculum)

268.9 Summer curriculum containing 13 sessions to be used with all age groups. Resource Pack contains song sheets, teaching pictures, stories, posters, etc.
Harvest of Righteousness: A Spiritual Discipline of Devotion in the reformed Tradition Langer Rebecca Bradburn 248.46 Aimed at helping Christians grow in prayer, Bible reading, and personal worship, this beautifully crafted workbook provides a four-week program for individuals & small groups in the practice of daily worship.
Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways to Regain Peace & Nourish Your Soul St. James Elaine 248.4 An ideal book for those eager to enrich their lives & nourish their souls. Taking principles on simplifying your life, the author applies them to our inner lives.
Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting Dawn Marva J. 263.1 To help bring an understanding of who we are as people of God & a deeper comprehensions of the meaning of ceasing, resting, embracing & feasting, as it relates to Sabbath keeping.
Living Simply Through The Day: Spiritual Survival In A Complex Age Edwards Tilden 248.34 Addressing himself to our anxiety-ridden cultures, the author reaches out to people from all traditions., recounting the odyssey of his own spiritual growth & offering practical suggestions to help us live in prayer & simplicity, always.
Meditations For Women Who do Too Much Schaef Anne Wilson 242.643 Meditations for women to help provide sustenance & inspiration & create possibilities for positive change in their lives.
Prayer: Finding The Heart's True Home Foster Richard J. 242.8 An excellent primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, & practice it in its many forms. He clarifies the prayer process, answers misconceptions & shows the way to contemplation, healing, blessing, forgiveness & rest.
Sabbath Keeping Schaper Donna 263.1 An introduction to sabbath keeping "as a route to living a life of plenty". Frish & timeless ways of learning to keep sabbath in the midst of our busy lives.
Sabbath Keeping: Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Rest Baab Lynne M. 263.1 Offers a practical & hopeful guidebook for all of us to slow down & enjoy our relationship with the God of the universe.
Sabbath Sense: A Spiritual Antidote for the Overworked Schaper Donna 263.1 An excellent invitation to rediscover the sense of Sabbath, not just for Sunday, but as a part of our everyday existence in our time-starved world.
Sabbath Time Edwards Tilden 263.1 Brings an clearer understanding of the sabbath & demonstrates how the rhythm of the sabbath can provide an alternative in life. It provides a sampling of putting sabbath into practice within a family structure.
Sabbath: A time to renew the call and make a difference

263.1 An invitation for those in ministry to reflect on God's creation & its goodness & to help become renewed & refreshed in your call to ministry. Can be used with leaders in the church, adult studies or retreats also.
Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight In Our Busy Lives Muller Wayne 263.1 The author shows you how to creat a special time of rest, delight & renewal for our souls. With wonderful stories, poems, & suggestions for practice, he teach us how to use sabbath time to refresh & regain some inner happiness.
Sacred Journeys: A Woman's Book of Daily Prayer Richardson Jan L. 268.434 082 Collection of devotional pieces following the liturgical year. Each provides an invocation, biblical text, daily readings, questions for reflection, a meditation & a blessing. Linking contemporary women with women across the ages.
Seeking Sabbath: A Planning Guide for Women's Retreats Prather Judy Henderson 269.643 Creative ideas for developing a theme, selecting a site, preparing spiritually, & other topics that will help you develop meaningful retreats for the women in your church.
Soul Feast: An Invitation To The Christian Spiritual Life Thompson Marjorie J. 248 Guidance & help to those who wish to explore the riches of Christian spirituality. The author offers a framework for understanding & instruction in developing & nurturing those practices.
Space For God Postema Don 248.32 A study and practice of prayer and spirituality to help you create a special space for God.
To Celebrate: Reshaping Holidays and Rites of Passage

263.9 Collection of resources for alternative celebrations for all the major holidays & rites of passage in our culture, including Sabbath.
To Pray God's Will: Continuing The Journey Johnson Ben Campbell 248.32 Looking upon Christian life as a spiritual journey, the author discusses the importance of prayer for those who want to continue their progress toward God. Helpful suggestions on meditation & contemplation are included.
To Will God's Will Johnson Ben Campbell 248.3 The author describes how the elements of religion (prayer, reflection & good works) come together in the whole person. He shows how a journal can help in deepening faith.
Women at the Well: Meditations on Healing and Wholeness

242.643 Focusing on women's health, healing, & wholeness this resource provides daily devotions from women who share their own experiences as health professionals, pastors, caregivers, survivors of illness & person with disabilities.