Category Archives: Sabbatical

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The Advantage of Leaving

Letting go of work

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In our thinking today, many of us have erroneously formed the idea that we must always be present, always be on and always be available. While machines, technology and wi-fi can perhaps deliver on those illusions, human beings cannot. Created in the image of God who ceased from work one, full day per week and […]

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The Gift of Bewilderment

Experiencing the goodness of God and Life

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  “Only at the periphery of our lives, where we, and our understanding of God, are undone, can we understand bewilderment as an occasion for another way of knowing.” Belden Lane   There is nothing like being the only one walking on a desolate beach in the cool dawn of morning and stumbling upon a […]

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Our Sabbatical Journey Towards Poverty

A journey we never desired or wanted

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During the first four weeks of our sabbatical—I think all that happened in me was a slow coming off the drug of work; the stimulus of my adrenalin and a steady withdrawal from being available. My brain was too tired; too vacant to read anything at all. I spent hours staring at the waves from […]

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Thwarted!

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It was finally time. The long awaited, desperately needed Sabbatical was now to be a reality. I felt like a runner in position, bent over the starting line ready to break lose as soon as the gun fired. Already I had heard “On your mark, get set…” . Waiting with baited breath to hear “GO”, […]