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SABBATH

An Ancient Practice Meets the Modern World

A new 2-hour documentary film for Public Television

Journey Films is proud to announce its recently released 2-hour documentary film SABBATH.  Told as a collection of short stories, SABBATH explores the history of one of the world's most important spiritual practices and its timeless relevance for a stressed-out, modern world.

From the Biblical accounts of Creation, to the 10 Commandments, to the Puritans landing in the New World, to the contemporary practice of a "tech-sabbath" - SABBATH ties together our collective history, our health practices, our response to God's invitation and the search for a more sustainable way of life.  

Danny and Elissa Kido

Major Funding provided by

Additional Funding provided by

The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter foundation

Skip and Fran Minakowski

A Presentation of

Distributed by

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PRESS RESOURCES

“Sabbath isn’t simply a pious teaching, an add-on. What’s at issue is the very meaning of life”

Norman Wirzba

“Time is our only

non-renewable resource.”

J. Dana Trent

“Sabbath has ethical implications. Work should not be what defines us as human beings.”

Richard Rice

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