Merton and Nouwen

Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen are known by many of us as monks who have written much about the spiritually inward and the acting outward life as an apostle of Jesus Christ. They found this balance out of their monastic callings. I keep trying imagine the local church as a monastery that sends out monks into the world. They are not hyper people running about trying to fix the world, but listening, discerning, and praying folks who have a greater impact on the world than any of their individual actions could imply. Another person who has been of the modern era and helped me with both of these actions is Elizabeth O'Connor who was part of Church of the Savior in Washington DC.

How do we do this? How do we slow down each day in a time of sabbath and how do we honor each 7th day as a sabbath to the Lord?