Review
This insightful book provides, from a Christian perspective, tools to combat the tendency toward too much, whether it's overactivity, overcommitment, or too many material possessions. Swenson offers more than 175 prescriptions for lifestyle changes. This book's solutions are timely, useful, and well-presented. Pastors, lay leaders, managers, and other people with a tendency toward overloaded lives will welcome Swenson's helpful message. And they'll be eager to share their new knowledge with others. (Karl Bakkum, CBA Marketplace, September 1998)
Jesus went to sleep every night without trying to heal everyone. God created every individual with limits. For those who, like one woman in the book, feel that a trip to the dentist is a mini-vacation, respite is offered here. -- Des Moines Register, April 17, 1999
From the Back Cover
DO YOU DREAD GOING TO WORK? ARE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS STRAINED FROM STRESS? DO YOU WISH YOU COULD CHECK INTO A HOSPITAL JUST TO GET SOME SLEEP? Busyness. Stress. Overload. Anyone living in today's society knows the struggle of trying to handle the demands of life at the turn of the millennium. You don't have enough time to do the things you have to do - let alone those things you'd like to do. You feel tired, worn out, and burned out. You're not alone. These symptoms are not a figment of your imagination. They're signs that you're suffering from a virulent new disease that affects millions of people - The Overload Syndrome. Where does overload come from? What does it look like? What will it lead to? Most important, what can you do about it? The Overload Syndrome examines these questions and offers prescriptions to counteract its effects and restore time to rest and space to heal.
