#366: Can I Choose Sabbath? With Travis West

4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In the fast-paced, overly scheduled cadence of our culture, it can be hard to fit in Sabbath. But what if Sabbath isn’t designed to fit into our busy lives? What if it’s supposed to take over our lives?

Hebrew scholar and Old Testament professor Travis West is here to help you radically reimagine what it means to Sabbath! And contrary to popular belief, it’s not just about taking a day off or creating a list of rules. It’s about establishing a rhythm of life that reorders everything.

By looking to Scripture and applying lots of grace, Travis explains how Sabbath draws boundaries around your stress and busyness to make space for rest, delight, connection, and joy. You'll hear how Sabbath can transform your relationship with time, why work shouldn’t always come before play, and how simple, intentional practices can reorient your days toward the life God actually intends for you.

So, if you're tired of exhaustion being your default setting, listen in! This conversation is your invitation to embrace Sabbath—not as a rule, but as a rescue.

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0:00.0	The no of Sabbath, you have to say no to things on Sabbath, is not an end in itself.
0:06.7	It's actually creating the possibility of a much more important yes, yes to life, yes to delight,
0:16.0	yes to wonder and play and rest and connection and gratitude and contentment.
0:24.8	And so we stop doing things.
0:27.2	We create this boundary in order to make room in our lives for these remarkable things
0:33.3	that are essential to what makes us human, to what makes us who we are.
0:42.7	In the fast-paced, chaotic, overly scheduled cadence of our culture, it can be hard to fit
0:49.9	in Sabbath.
0:51.4	But what if Sabbath isn't designed to fit in to our lives, but rather to take over
0:58.7	our lives? Hebrew scholar and Old Testament professor Travis West, he's here and he believes
1:05.7	that we may have misunderstood what it means to Truly Sabbath.
1:11.3	And today, he's going to help us understand that radical rest is much more than a weekly
1:18.6	practice of taking a day off.
1:20.5	It's also a posture, a way of living every day.
1:25.4	So get ready for a new favorite conversation.
1:29.7	Casey, here we come.
1:31.1	Welcome, welcome to the 413 podcast where practical encouragement and biblical wisdom set you up to live the I can life because you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
1:47.0	Now welcome your host, Jennifer Rothschild.
1:50.2	Hi, our friends.
1:51.3	That was Casey Wright, my seeing eye guys, two friends here in the closet.
1:55.6	One topic, zero stress.
1:57.8	And I'm telling you of all the topics.
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