This is the Sabbath Year (Late 2021 – Late 2022), and I’m about to embark on a year of rest in celebration of it. Through this blog, I hope to share with you what I’ve learned in my preparation, and hopefully encourage you to think about Rest in a different light.
See below for my introductory posts. Additional posts on non-Shmita-related topics can be found on the posts page, or through tags.
- you can’t serve both God and money.
- rest
- for the land
- for the workers
- release
- of debts
- of slaves
- remembrance
- of God’s law
- of God’s grace
- so now what?
resources
Below are some key resources I studied in preparation for my sabbath year:
- “The Sabbath Year” – Rev. Peter Roebelen
- This was a core reading for me. It’s an excellent reflection on the themes of Sabbath, Shmita, and Jubilee, and directed me down many other helpful paths. Definitely start here.
- “The Sabbath” – Abraham Joshua Heschel
- A short, lovely walk-through of the Sabbath. Flowery and poetic in language, Heschel illuminates the Sabbath (and the God of the Sabbath) in a wondrous and joyous light.
- “Why I took a Sabbatical Year (and how I did it)” – Bob Lotich
- A practical story of how a “regular person” was able to incorporate the pattern of the Sabbath Year into his life! This gave me encouragement that I wasn’t the only one doing this, ideas on how to think about the Sabbath year, and practical do’s and don’ts. I should probably make my blog posts as easy to read as this guy’s 😉
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