This is a soothing book. It is a protest against the culture of speed not only in today's society at large, but also the church itself. The author is a pastor with leanings towards monasticism. Vespers, he suggests, are the 'mood of the soul'. Time, he says, should not be a controlling tyrant. He explores the importance for Christians of keeping the Sabbath private – and, quoting from Dorothy Bass, he says that if we are wired into a workplace that never shuts down, we are in danger of slipping into a world that is always winter and never Christmas. But as a sometimes uneasy sleeper, the chapter that I was really grateful for was the author's hints for a good forty winks. I will advise this to any restless Christian and will regard my copy jealously. It is a shame that there are so few books out there that suggest cures for modern insomniacs.