This week’s winddown felt natural—a welcome shift. By 2pm, I could sense myself already preparing—heart, mind, and body—for Sabbath. I left the day

I felt tired all week. On my Sabbath, I got up later than usual—7:30 a.m. Normally, I wake with a smile, eager to greet the day and enter into rest with the Lord.

Once again, a long list of tasks and to-dos waited for me at the end of my Sabbath—slowly trying to steal my joy in the LORD.

Embracing Resistance as a Sign of Growth. I’ll be honest—I felt like a failure this week. My usual wind-down into Sabbath, which typically begins at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, slipped all the way to 7:30 p.m.

I immediately fought the urge to jump into my questions and prayer requests to God. Instead of turning my Solitude and Prayer time into a “me” session, I pulled back and simply sat with God—listening, rather than speaking.

Resistance came in many forms this week. The things that felt urgent and time-sensitive pulled me in first thing in the morning, demanding my attention. But these activities came at a cost

When I pause from life’s busyness, I notice a constant pull to fill the space I’ve intentionally created to be with Jesus.

This week, I found it harder to practice solitude. Typically, solitude for me means spending about 15 minutes in quiet

This week, I wrestled with the urge to rush projects and outcomes. Even as I felt that resistance.

Guilt. As I sit, enjoying the morning sunrise and the gentle sounds of the stream and birds, a pang of guilt creeps in. I know that Tammi.

I've been feeling a bit down this week, and I think it stems from realizing – yet again-- that I can't control the outcomes of so many things I'm involved in. No surprise there.

Again, lots on my mind of tasks to do that I didn’t complete before sabbath. There were many things that I could have easily engaged in during my sabbath...

After nearly two weeks I’m not physically back 100% yet, but close. I still feel more tired.

Since January 2nd I’ve had congestion, coughing, and lethargy. It’s been over a week now and while it’s better

I started my Sabbath late, again. I was making tweaks to portion of Sermon on the Mount series and lost track of time.

The busier I am, mentally and physically, the more difficult it is to “Stop.” I think it was Isaac Newton in the first law of Physics who said that a body in motion tends to stay

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Konnichiwa (Hello in Japanese). We were in Kyoto, Japan this week and it was a lot harder than I thought to keep the Sabbath

Solitude was difficult for me this week. Since it was a short week before my trip my mind raced to read texts, emails, and even glancing at phone calls

With a lot going on Tuesday morning I am reminded that Monday’s busy-ness directly affects Tuesday’s pace. My post-Monday 3pm wind-down for Sabbath is an important part

Wow. A lot of resistance to contemplative time during my sabbath this week. I spent Monday prior to the start of my sabbath helping with one of the businesses.

This week I received a text that a friend was admitted to the ICU unexpectedly and his outlook didn’t seem promising. I visited him in the ICU.