Everybody loves taking a break. A deep breath after hours or days of effort reinvigorates us, keeps our thoughts straight, and lets us replenish our mental and emotional reserves. It feels so right and so natural that it’s not a difficult conclusion that we were not meant to live life without a time to rest … beyond our night’s sleep.

In Sacred Rest, Dr. A.J. Swoboda encourages us to look at the sabbath again. To understand that God did indeed design and even command us to take rest. Explore what it means to keep the Sabbath and why it is important to take a day away from our non-stop lives. Live as God designed us, accept the gift of the Sabbath.