In this episode, Jon Sherwood sits down with Connor Fodel to explore the practice of Sabbath (Shabbat) why it can feel new, weird, and clunky at first, and how learning to stop can become a doorway into delight, freedom, and deeper community.

We talk practicing Sabbath with roommates and micro church rhythms, cooking as a surprising form of rest, and the call to “make space where rest can exist” for others.

We also wrestle honestly with the question: Is Sabbath a privileged practice? Connor shares about margin, surplus, and how God invites those with more to give toward those with less so Sabbath becomes more than “me and my rest,” but a practice that can create horizontal impact in community.

Finally, we discuss how to delight in God’s goodness while the world is still broken, and we close with Lord’s Supper, the hope of John 16:33, and a prayer that remembers God bringing His people out of slavery into rest.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:50 Practicing Sabbath with roommates + micro church rhythms

01:21 The early “clunkiness” of learning to Sabbath

01:35 Cooking for others as generosity (and rest)

02:07 “Make space where rest can exist”

02:34 Is Sabbath a privileged practice?

03:36 Surplus + margin: not just for me

04:21 A countercultural vision: abundance for others

06:05 Sabbath becomes community: vertical faith, horizontal impact

06:21 Enjoying creation—and seeing beauty in people

07:13 Micro church story: seeing Jesus in others

09:14 Sabbath in a broken world: why we need it

10:38 Lord’s Supper + John 16:33

11:34 Prayer: Exodus, freedom, and delight in God’s creation

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