The Rev. Jeff Eddings works nationally in the 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement, focusing on coaching and spiritual formation, and he co-founded Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In part one of our conversation, we meet "Sabbatical Jeff" and hear about the immediate weight that was lifted from his shoulders as he walked away from his job for four months. And we go on a thought experiment about the public library, the first place he visited on day one of this period of deep rest. Finally, burnout: what it is, how we notice it, and the antidote to exhaustion.

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