Intentional Interruptions: Learning to be Interrupted the Way God Intended

We are busy and constantly bombarded. Notifications, pings, alerts: we carry in our pockets devices that are designed to capture and keep our attention. We are never fully present, always thinking ahead to the next thing, distracted by an email, playing worries over in our minds. But what effect is this having on our lives, relationships and, most importantly, our spiritual health?

We need rest – the rest that only Christ can give. But this book is not simply meant to get you off your phone, make more time to stop, or help you simplify and digitally detox. Instead, you are invited into the greatest life imaginable, where we have the openness to be interrupted by God and used in a way that will bring Him glory.

At the end of each chapter, Thomas encourages us to take time to ponder and pray – or Selah – and gives us guiding questions to consider. A challenging read for anyone who feels overwhelmed by all that calls on their attention and for those who long for peace.

168 pages.

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‘Intentional Interruptions’ is a gentle nudge from a friend to allow yourself to pause in your own plans to wonder at God’s world, to step into someone else’s world with help and hope, and to re–connect meaningfully with your Lord. Reading Jonathan Thomas’ book reminded me that while everyone wants a piece of me these days, the Lord wants all of me every day.

Matthew C. Mitchell, Pastor, Lanse Evangelical Free Church, Pennsylvania; author, ‘Resisting Gossip: Winning the War of the Wagging Tongue’

Jonathan Thomas has done me (and all of us!) a great favour. I’m too easily distracted by things I should be able to say no to; and not prepared enough for the divine interruptions that King Jesus puts in my path. I need strategies to counter the former; I need encouragement to see and embrace the latter. In this helpful book, Thomas has given me both.

Adrian Reynolds, Head of National Ministries, FIEC