Mini Sabbatical

Friday February 13th Mark 1: 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Even Jesus took some time off for quiet prayer. It is an important lesson for all of us. Take some time for yourself, time to just be alone with yourself and God, time to refresh, a mini sabbatical. Without it you are doing no one that much good. With it you are refreshed and all around you will benefit. Jesus took his mini sabbatical where he was at, and in preparation for moving forward. Sabbaticals are to help us move forward, not restore what was. Most churches fight over that issue after a pastoral sabbatical. Perhaps what is needed is a series of mini sabbatical’s in a congregation all focused on how to move forward into the land of the unchurched and unwelcomed.