Sabbath Time: a hermitage journey of retreat, return & communion
ISBN 9781909281578
72 pages.
Published 12/12/2017
£3.99 - 7.99
Paperback, Kindle, Epub
Being left alone to embark on a reflective journey is a great gift—particularly in our age, where remaining connected is such a driving expectation. Charles decided to take a whole six months off and to spend much of this time in a hermitage on friends’ property.
To enter a space of disconnection is both a scary and an exhilarating experience. And to “down” tools and be still without an agenda of expectations is wonderfully open and freeing. It is also walking into mystery. Who knows what might happen?
Charles taught in universities, colleges and seminaries in Asia, Australia and N.America. And he has worked in urban and overseas mission for several decades. He is Emeritus Professor of Regent College, Vancouver, is a Franciscan Tertiary (tssf) and companion of Northumbria Community, Brisbane. Besides working for justice, he plants rain forest trees, grows vegetables and pens books on Christian spirituality.
Teresa an artist and illustrator working in Brisbane. She delights in illustrating texts that explore spirituality and the struggle of faith in today’s world. She has held many exhibitions
Into the Hermitage
Downtime 2
Wandering 4
Being 6
Gazing 8
Waiting 10
Reading 12
Indwelling 14
Attentiveness 16
Crying Out 18
Seeing 20
Seeing Anew 22
Sabbath Space 24
Troubling God 26
Responding 28
Repentance 30
Hidden Water 32
Memory and Hope 34
Encountering 36
For the Life of the World 38
A Long Journey 40
The Journey Home
The Call to Return 44
Returning as a Pilgrim 46
Returning as Stranger 48
Returning with Glory 50
Communion
Disorientation 54
Imagination 56
Connection 58
This Day 60