Gary Holloway’s latest book, “You Might Be Too Busy If…Spiritual Practices for People in a Hurry” (Leafwood Publishers, 2009), is based on this premise: “…the biggest threat to our relationship with God and the biggest barrier to our quality of life is not immorality or secularism or humanism but simply this: we are too busy.” (8)
Holloway urges us to deal with this barrier by engaging in four practices found in the life of Jesus: solitude, simplicity, Sabbath, and service.
In chapters 8-9 Holloway explores Sabbath. He argues that even solitude/silence and simplicity cannot fully eliminate hurry from our lives. God provides another gift: Sabbath. “Sabbath,” Holloway writes, “is not a day off, but a day for. A day for God. A day for others. A day for ourselves.” (85) He urges us to pick an entire day or at least half a day (ideally, Saturday night through Sunday night). What do we do on that day? We stop–we stop working and we stop worrying. We disconnect from our distractions (cell phones, emails, TV, etc.). And we start–start resting, playing, connecting with others, serving others, and worshipping God.
[to be continued…]
