In my work with PIR Ministries I’ve helped several churches plan a sabbatical for their pastor. As a church develops its first sabbatical policy, someone usually objects saying, “Sabbaticals aren’t biblical!” Whenever someone says “that’s not biblical” I cringe. Many times they use the bible to control others and aren’t truly interested in knowing the biblical basis for what they are opposing. So, in this article I don’t want to convince the objectors but to comfort those disturbed by their effo...