Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline

by Lauren F. Winner

"It's not just that Jesus was a Jew, Jesus still is a Jew. Engaging Jewish practice and tradition is one important way of overcoming the gaps that we sometimes feel exist between Jesus and ourselves."—Lauren Winner
The remarkable author of Girl Meets God shares her quest to enrich faith with daily spiritual disciplines. Winner presents eleven Jewish spiritual practices that can transform the way Christians view the world and God.
After her conversion from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity, Lauren Winner found that her life was indelibly marked by the rich traditions and spiritual practices of Judaism. She set out to discover how she could incorporate some of these practices into her new faith. Whether discussing attentive eating, marking the days while grieving, the community that supports a marriage, candle-lighting, or the differences between the Jewish Sabbath and a Sunday spent at the Mudhouse, her favorite coffee shop, Winner writes with appealing honesty and rare insight.
 'A gifted writer who has much to teach us about the deep and indestructible bonds between Judaism and Christianity."—Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Seminary
Lauren F. Winner is the bestselling author of three books, including Girl Meets God and Mudhouse An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline. Dr. Winner has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has served as a commentator on NPR's "All Things Considered." She writes and lectures widely on Christian practice, the history of Christianity in America, and Jewish-Christian relations. She is Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality at Duke Divinity School.

Paperback

Published August 28, 2015

About the author

Lauren F. Winner is the author of numerous books, including Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath. Her study A Cheerful & Comfortable Faith: Anglican Religious Practice in the Elite Households of Eighteenth-Century Virginia was published in the fall of 2010 by Yale University Press. She has appeared on PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Books and Culture, and Christianity Today. Winner has degrees from Duke, Columbia, and Cambridge universities, and holds a Ph.D. in history. The former book editor for Beliefnet, Lauren teaches at Duke Divinity School, and lives in Durham, North Carolina. Lauren travels extensively to lecture and teach. During the academic year of 2007-2008, she was a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University, and during the academic year of 2010-2011, she was a visiting fellow at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. When she’s home, you can usually find her curled up, on her couch or screen porch, with a good novel.

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the challenge to look at all areas of life and bring spiritual discipline to them making us refocus all of life around God. The author being a female Episcopal “priest” meant there was a lot of feminine laced throughout the pages. If you do choose to read this one, do so with a very discerning eye.

[Julia Landis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Winner writes a love letter to Jewish practices that she no longer observes as a Christian. Many chapters through this book resonated with me: Sabbath, Mourning, Fasting, Aging, Doorposts were my favorites. Charlottesville author!