Soul Tending: Journey Into the Heart of Sabbath
We live in hungry times. There is economic uncertainty, fear, violence, division, and social chaos.
What is needed for times such as these is a heart full of courage and wisdom grounded in compassion and resilience. For this, we can turn to one of the practices that for so many centuries nourished people of faith through incredibly difficult life circumstances and service. Traditionally it was a communal gathering time of rest, ritual, and prayer. It is Sabbath keeping. In Soul Tending, Anita Amstutz offers field notes and a road map from her own Sabbath keeping practice for the 21st century — a practice rooted in tradition but whose tenets can be applied to practices fit for our present hectic and troubling world.
Anita has written the book in such a way that it can easily be adapted as a study guide! Each chapter ends with a list of questions for reflection that are perfect for use by full congregations, independent readers, and every kind of group in between. This provides an accessible and engaging method to a shared understanding of Sabbath keeping in the modern day.
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Book details
- Author
- Anita Amstutz
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Meditations
Religion › Holidays › Christian - Topics
- sabbath keeping · spiritual practices · prayer · rest and renewal · Mennonite faith · Christian spirituality · meditation · resilience and courage
- ISBN-13
- 9781594736414 (Paperback)9781683367994 (Hardcover)
About the author
ANITA AMSTUTZ is an ordained Mennonite minister who has led congregations in New Mexico and Colorado for over fifteen years. She is the author of Soul Tending: Journey Into the Heart of Sabbath.
Amstutz holds a B.S.W., MDiv, and M.A. and has worked ecumenically at the Center for Action and Contemplation. She offers online counseling and spiritual companioning through her practice Wisdom Ways of Being.
When she’s not writing, Amstutz is a certified beekeeper and founder of Think Like a Bee, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization for pollinator protection. Her work in contemplative practice and care for the natural world runs through both her ministry and her writing.
Anita lives in the high desert.