My first Monday back from vacation was filled with a lot of catch-up work and getting myself back into the thick of things.

This week my Sabbath got off to a very slow start. I got up late Tuesday morning with intense back pain, popped Tylenol, and took a nap.

This week I’m spending time with our son Joshua who is at Pomona College in California. It’s Family Weekend.

Instead of the usual Resistance, Delight, Nearness this week I felt led to share what I exactly do on my Sabbath to listen to God and commune with the Father.

This felt like a long week. There were two very important meetings this week that required a fair amount of preparation and collaboration

Once again leading up to my Sabbath felt like a dash to 3pm. On the positive side, I think of Mondays as a gift to prepare myself to enjoy my Sabbath by freeing my mind of all the to-dos for the week.

A family member needed help this week on my Sabbath so I dropped my plans to help. I’m reminded of Jesus saying that the “Sabbath was made for man

One of my business partners called with an emergency approaching my Sabbath. I dove into work and my mind was no longer gearing-up for the Sabbath but stuck in the frenetic tasks of the normal work week

This week I did a “do-over” Sabbath. This was on Thursday. Why? Because although I kept my usual Sabbath day, it didn’t feel like one. I met up with a pastor for coffee