Tag: Sabbath

• The Best Thing You Can Do For Your Church…

  

  Pastor, you need to take a sabbatical. Most pastors hear this term and think of it as being put on administrative leave or as throwing in the towel, but that simply is not the truth. The truth is more than a third of pastors have thought about quitting over the last year.

  T. Allen Burr

  October 31, 2025

  Articles

  bible, Christian church, christianity, Church, faith, jesus, Ministry, Pastoral minstry, Pastors, Quitting, Sabbath, Sabbatical

• Revisited: On The 7th Day, We Rest

  

  The Sabbath. So often, we busy ourselves with rote actions: we read a devotional, we read a passage from the Bible, or we pray—out of obligation instead of devotion. But we very rarely practice rest. For the majority of the week, our time and attention is consumed by work of one kind or another. So,…

  T. Allen Burr

  October 5, 2023

  Articles, Theology/Praxis

  American church, belief, bible, christianity, Church, day of rest, faith, rest, resting, Sabbath, shabbat, western christianity

• On The 7th Day, We Rest

  

  Rest is one of the least practiced spiritual disciplines and perhaps one of the most important. By failing to rest, are we not failing to keep one of the 10 Commandments?

  T. Allen Burr

  February 23, 2023

  Articles, Theology/Praxis

  believer, christian, christian faith, christianity, Church, day of rest, faith, rest, resting, Sabbath, shabbat