Another Sabbatical!

It's two years since I went on sabbatical, and I've decided it's time for another.  Actually, it's probably way past due!

This time I'm going to do it a different way, a much more economical way, and I'm inviting others to come along.

I've adjusted the settings on this blog since in the past I was told it was difficult, if not downright impossible, to post here.  I'm hoping that will help as we begin this journey.

The location will vary.  Sometimes I will be away (vacation and some study time), but mostly I will be either on sabbatical in my office, in the parlour, in the church sanctuary, or on my deck at home.  And at least part of the time when I am away I'll have internet access.

I'm going to take this time for reflection and for reading.

Conference weekend I sat down with a book that started me thinking.  And it made me want to read the book which had preceded the one I read.  So I set off for Amazon to find the book.  It was there and I put it in my shopping cart, and then I glanced at the books below, where Amazon says, as clever booksellers will, people who looked at this book, also looked at these ...  And I found another intriguing one, one that allowed me to dip into its pages, and as I read the penny dropped (or the light bulb lit, if you prefer), and I had one of those glorious moments and decided that it was time for another sabbatical, only one where people could come along with me. (We might even get together for discussion if anyone wants to do that!)

My focus will be on becoming more conscious of the holy in my life, and on reflecting that holy in my thinking ... and perhaps it will also be reflected in my living.  I hope so!

The books which I have just ordered are Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion by Sara Miles book  (it was her book Jesus Freak, which was recommended by a friend which set me off in the first place)  and 
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor. (book) The two books together cost less than $30 (thank you for free shipping!)


So, if you're not over-booked this summer, and have some time that you might like to spend reading, I invite you to join me on a sabbatical of your own.  I'm hoping that September will find us more reflective, refreshed, and ready to bring the sabbatical experience into our daily living.