For one blissful day at the beginning of the first lockdown of the pandemic I took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather and sat in the garden reading ‘Sabbath – The hidden heartbeat of our lives’ by Nicola Slee. As I read, I was reminded again of how, during my time as a minister in pastoral charge I had found great value in spending a day apart with no agenda, just to be and to spend time with God. I thought of these days as true sabbath days when I didn’t take any wor