The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

TLDR: “Good reminder about what’s important, but repetitive and maybe a bit simplistic.”

Book review by Deane Barker tags: faith, living
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This is the second of John Mark Comer’s books I’ve read in the last month. They were both recommended by my daughter.

This is what I would call an “inspirational title.” Meaning, Comer isn’t telling us anything that we don’t already know, he’s just trying to prompt is to do something about it.

We do too much. We’re constantly in a rush. We never slow down. This is book is a call to be different.

There are four basic recommendations:

Honestly, the all kind of run together. It’s not to say that this is bad, but he lays on a theme pretty heavily, and there’s a lot of overlap between the “solutions” (honoring the Sabbath means you will do a lot of Silence and Solitude leaving to Simplification and Slowness).

This is the second of Comer’s book where he’s pushed pretty hard on the idea of the Sabbath – taking one day per week to do, well, nothing (he did the same in Garden City).

It’s a pretty attractive concept, and I think I’m going to try it for a while.

It’s a good book, but it’s hard for me to separate it from Garden City in my head. The two books are very similar and kind of run together.

Book Info

Author
John Mark Comer
Year
Pages
304
Acquired
  • I have read this book. According to my records, I completed it on .
  • A hardcover copy of this book is currently in my home library.
Links both to and from this – Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human August 4, 2024
I didn’t review this book right away, and in the meantime, I read The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry , by the same author. Because of this, it’s hard for me to separate the two books in my head – they’re about very similar themes. Maybe go read that review? A lot of it applies to this as well.
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