Cultivating a Creative Sabbath, with David Miles

Cultivating a Creative Sabbath

In this conversation, we talk with David Miles about the importance of sabbath and how to cultivate a rhythm of rest in our lives. David is a local pastor with a passion for the practice of Sabbath. He is currently doing his Doctor of Ministry with an emphasis on Sabbath at the Eugene Peterson Center. And yet, he is wrestling with this practice in his personal life.

• Summary

  In this conversation, we talk with David Miles about the importance of sabbath and how to cultivate a rhythm of rest in our lives.

  David is a local pastor with a passion for the practice of Sabbath. He is currently doing his Doctor of Ministry with an emphasis on Sabbath at the Eugene Peterson Center. And yet, he is wrestling with this practice in his personal life.

• Show Notes

  In this conversation, we talk with David Miles about the importance of sabbath and how to cultivate a rhythm of rest in our lives.
  
  David is a local pastor with a passion for the practice of Sabbath. He is currently doing his Doctor of Ministry with an emphasis on Sabbath at the Eugene Peterson Center. And yet, he is wrestling with this practice in his personal life.

  Topics discussed in this episode:
  -What is Sabbath?
  -The obstacles to practicing Sabbath in today’s culture
  -The connection between rest and living life to the full
  -Cultivating creativity for Sabbath
  -David’s personal experience practicing Sabbath
  -Finding delight and joy in the experience of Sabbath
  -Working from rest instead of working towards rest
  -How Sabbath would change our church communities

  Resources mentioned in this episode:
  1. The Eugene Peterson Center
  2. Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Bruggeman

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  This podcast is an offering of Seek Well. To find out more about us visit seekwell.org

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