Sabbath, Dr. Dan B. Allender
Sabbath, Dr. Dan B. Allender
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Sabbath
The Ancient Practices Series

Author: Dr. Dan B. Allender, Phyllis Tickle

Narrator: Henry O. Arnold

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 06/07/2022

Synopsis

What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy?Dan Allender's lyrical book about the Sabbath expels the myriad myths about this "day of rest," starting with the one that paints the Sabbath as a day of forced quiet, spiritual exercises, and religious devotion and attendance. This, he says, is at odds with the ancient tradition of Sabbath as a day of delight for both body and soul. Instead, the only way we can make use of the Sabbath is to see God's original intent for the day with new eyes. In Sabbath, Allender builds a case for delight by looking at this day as a festival that celebrates God's re-creative, redemptive love using four components:Sensual glory and beautyRitualCommunal feastingPlayfulnessNow you can experience the delight of the Sabbath as you never have before—a day in which you receive and extend reconciliation, peace, abundance, and joy.The Ancient PracticesThere is a hunger in every human heart for connection, primitive and raw, to God. To satisfy it, many are beginning to explore traditional spiritual disciplines used for centuries . . . everything from fixed-hour prayer to fasting to sincere observance of the Sabbath. Compelling and readable, the Ancient Practices series is for every spiritual sojourner, for every Christian seeker who wants more.

About Dr. Dan B. Allender

Dr. Dan Allender is a pioneer of a unique and innovative approach to trauma and abuse therapy. After receiving his master of divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary, Dan earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Michigan State University. Dan previously served on faculty at the Biblical Counseling Department of Grace Theological Seminary (1983-1989) and Colorado Christian University (1989-1997). In 1997, Dan and a cadre of others founded the Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Dan served as president of the Seattle School from 2002-2009. In 2011, The Allender Center was founded to cultivate healing and train leaders and mental health professionals to courageously engage others’ stories of harm. Dan continues to serve as professor of counseling psychology at the Seattle School.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rincey on September 07, 2022

Really enjoyed reading this book. I've never been good at taking a Sabbath and part of it is because I didn't really get what I "should" and "shouldn't" be doing during it. This book gave me a new and different way to think about Sabbath, how to do it and how to approach it. I'm still working on it......more

Goodreads review by Drew on August 28, 2017

This book annoyed me at first. Then it surprised me. Then it changed me. It is a book about the practice of Sabbath. But in reality, it is a book about God’s heart for us. Words like delight, play, feasting, sensuality and rest haven’t been much a part of my experience of the Sabbath day, which mean......more

Goodreads review by Haley on April 13, 2023

What a beautiful re-framing of the Sabbath (still commanded for believers, whether we receive it in obedience or not)! The anchor of the Sabbath is active delight, not passive reprieve. Planning for delicious enjoyment, not just dutifully taking a day off paid work to catch up on chores. We are more......more

Goodreads review by Matt on May 24, 2020

(2.5 stars) Sabbath was the first book I have read from Dan Allender, and for me it was a somewhat frustrating read. Allender sets out to paint a much grander vision for the what the Sabbath is and means, but at the end of the book I feel more confused than when I started. I've been told that Sabbath......more

Goodreads review by Sydney on January 19, 2024

I would give this 4.5 stars if I could. I loved this book! Although I definitely enjoyed the first half more than the second half, it was great as a whole. It really helped redefine how I define and think of my Sabbath, and what Sabbath is meant to symbolize/point to.......more

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