This book truly reminded me to put away the sins of the flesh and find comfort, rest, and satisfaction in Christ. This book is so relevant for these modern times as many of us in the church have allowed the ways of the world to seduce us to believe they will satisfy. The Ruthless elimination of Hurry is summarised by its subtitle: ‘How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world’.

To translate to our apprenticeships to Jesus: if our values are life with Jesus and a growing in maturity toward love, joy, and peace, then our schedules and the set of practices that make up our days and weeks, which together essentially constitute our rules of life, are the ways we achieve inner peace.Jesus’ life was characterized by specific practices that are most often referred to today as “spiritual disciplines. I don't offer this as a disqualifier, the book has much to offer and got me thinking about ways that I can apply some of his advice. Comer has a way of stretching one's comfort zone without making statements that are profound; they are simple invitations to slow the pace of life. I tried walking slowly and 4 people passed me and Jesus just hanging out looking at the grass as I strolled to class. That bodes well for those apprentices of Jesus who give the bulk of their attention to him and to all that is good, beautiful, and true in his world.

Sabbath can also be an act of resistance, a way of saying we have enough in the face of our society’s constant clamor for more. Granted, there is a healthy kind of busyness where your life is full with things that matter, not wasted on empty leisure or trivial pursuits. The Sabbath is to a spirit of restfulness what a soccer practice is to a match or band practice is to a show. Long before Thoreau went off into the woods, Paul said: Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Huge respect for the way he has rejected the pressures of public life for a better way, one that we should all take: slowing down, simplifying, and Sabbathing. The irony of this book though, is there was enough fluff in it that I was inclined to skim a good amount - which felt an awful lot like hurrying through a book about not hurrying. It’s a way to organize all of your life around the practice of the presence of God, to work and rest and play and eat and drink and hang out with your friends and run errands and catch up on the news, all out of a place of deep, loving enjoyment of the Father’s company.

the mind is the portal to the soul, and what you fill your mind with will shape the trajectory of your character.Is the busyness of all the planning and preparation details getting into you, causing anxiety, or irritation, or distraction? This book artfully, winsomely, and wisely walks us to the wonder of life in Christ and the joy that can be ours when we keep company with Jesus by living in the unhurried rhythms of grace. Some reviewers have complained that the book is too quote-heavy, but I didn't mind, they were good quotes. Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness” because it was there, and only there, that Jesus was at the height of his spiritual powers. The point of these practices or habits is to enable a fuller, richer relationship with God; when they become an end in themselves, we veer into legalism.

Maybe I’ll hear a word from God that will alter my destiny; maybe I’ll just process my anger over something that’s bothering me. com/book/3279765/the-ruthless-elimination-of-hurry-how-to-stay-emotionally-healthy-and-spiritually-alive-in-the-chaos-of-the-modern-world-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022). I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who thinks they might be rushing through their life in the pursuit of happiness, and might, just might be on the wrong track.

He's like an orthodox Rob Bell in that way, and if that's your jam then go for it - but to me it reads like a Portlandia parody of a pastor; kombucha, Myers Briggs references, coffee snobbery, plant based diets, being a former member of an indie rock band. Do you want to set aside what is shiny and sugary and soul-killing so you can savor the Presence of the God who is here? Michael Zigarelli from the Charleston Southern University School of Business conducted the Obstacles to Growth Survey of over twenty thousand Christians across the globe and identified busyness as a major distraction from spiritual life.