In Sabbath Sense Donna Schaper describes innovative ways that we can "take back our time and take care of our souls — one moment at a time." The author, who is an Area Minister in western Massachusetts for the United Church of Christ, speaks directly to the yearning we all have for spiritual leisure in a time-starved world. With the elan, spunk, and imagination she has displayed in all her books, Schaper shows how we can create a Sabbath sense through spiritual pauses. For example, bowing to Spirit while we're waiting in line at the bank is ritualizing time and making it abundant. Lovingly attending to the floor we are scrubbing is a way of gaining access to being rather than doing. Schaper enthusiastically shares her delight in gardening. It is one way she finds her way back to the Sabbath sense.
One of the best things about this timely and spiritually rich book is its playfulness. Schaper writes: "Mostly we don't find the meaning, or the merry in our experiences because we don't reflect on them." Let this book slow you down. Let it tickle your fancy. Let it nourish the hungry places inside you. Let it lead you back to the merry in your life and in your longing. Above all, let it lure you back to the spiritual practice of play which is one of the hiding places of Spirit.