“You can rest when you’re dead.” “No days off.” “Sleep is for the weak.”
These and other sayings come from a culture that often glorifies work, productivity, and the self-made person. Yet God’s Word tells us something quite different. This week on the Great Stories Podcast, David Wollen is joined by Brett McCracken to explore why sleep matters and what our need for rest reveals about God’s design for us in Brett McCracken on Why Sleep Matters.
The Wisdom of Sleep
Is sleep productive or an inconvenient interruption? What if God designed our need for rest to teach us something about himself? In The Wisdom of Sleep, Brett McCracken shows how sleep, rest, and Sabbath are not just necessary downtimes–but reveal God’s grace, deepen our dependence on Him, and reshape the way we love others. Discover how God uses something as ordinary as sleep to point our weary souls to Jesus—the source of our ultimate rest. Slowing down might be one of the most devotional things we do.
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