Mudhouse Sabbath
An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline
by Lauren F. Winner
Summary
Mudhouse Sabbath explores how the traditions of Judaism can help to guide Christian spirituality. Winner addresses normal, everyday practices like eating, caring for our bodies, and offering hospitality to others, in addition to major life events such as weddings and deaths. She searches for the wisdom that Christians can find in the practice of Judaism, in which their faith is rooted.
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Favorite Quotes
“When we cease interfering in the world [during Sabbath] we are acknowledging that it is God’s world.”
“You do not have the feel praise in the intense moments of mourning, but the praise is still true, and insisting upon it over and over, twice a day every day, ensures that eventually you will come to remember the truth of those praises.”
“Scripture speaks of bodies that God created in His image, bodies that are both doing redemptive work and being redeemed… Christianity has the words to offer spirituality of the body, but the church hasn’t always spoken those words.”
“…the simple reality is that caring for our elderly, just like wiping our babies’ bottoms and forgiving our spouses, is not always going to be something we look forward to… Most good and holy work (like praying and being attentive and even marching for justice or serving up chili at the soup kitchen) is sometimes tedious, but these tasks are burning away our old selves and ushering in the persons God has created us to be.”
“Sure, sometimes it is great when, in prayer, we can express to God just what we feel; but better still when, in the act of praying, our feelings change.”
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