Sabbatical

Sabbatical Books

Clergy Renewal: The Alban Guide to Sabbatical Planning by A. Richard Bullock and Richard J. Bruesehoff

Planned time away from the parish for study, rest, and spiritual renewal can be beneficial-and often necessary-for any pastor, as well as for the congregation. In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Alban’s popular Sabbatical Planning for Clergy and Congregations, Bullock and Bruesehoff provide the definitive guide to putting together refreshing pastoral sabbaticals that can help keep ministry vital and growing for the long term.

Sabbatical Journey: The Diary of His Final Year by Henri J. M. Nouwen

"I feel strange! Very happy and very scared at the same time. I have always dreamt about a whole year without appointments, meetings, lectures, travels, letters, and phone calls, a year completely open to let something radically new happen. But can I do it? Can I let go of all the things that make feel useful and significant? I realize that I am quite addicted to being busy…." So begins the Nouwen's journal of his sabbatical year from September 2, 1995 through August 30, 1996, a year in which Nouwen explores a new phase in his thinking and in his personal feelings. Completed shortly before his death, Sabbatical Journey is a rich source of spiritual reading.