Formation Focus // Sabbath // Clark Buys // Sabbath as Ceasing: Enough is Enough

In a world that never stops, where more is always better and our worth is often tied to what we produce or consume, the ancient practice of Sabbath offers a radical alternative. In this opening talk of our summer formation focus at St Matthias, Clark Buys invites us to rediscover Sabbath as a weekly rhythm of ceasing — from work, from striving, from buying — and to receive it as a holy gift of rest, renewal, and reformation. Drawing from Scripture, history, and cultural insight, this message invites us to live differently: not from a place of scarcity and pressure, but from trust, presence, and gratitude. What if stopping isn’t laziness, but obedience? What if enough really is enough?

(apologies that the recording misses the very start of Clark's talk)