In the list of commands God gave to Moses to share with the Hebrew people, they made rest one of them. A command to rest weekly. A holy pattern. And that same pattern was to work at every scale. Every seventh day, then every seventh year. A whole year of rest. God also invites us to associate …
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Rest / Time
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Reflecting on the concept of rest this week, I’m reminded of a book I read last year: Saving Time by Jenny Odell is a brilliant meditation on time, life, and purpose. She breaks open our common understanding of time as something linear, physical, like a commodity …
Sabbath Season
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! When we learn about Sabbath, most of us are taught that it is one day out of the week. We learn about the restrictions and the motivations; perhaps mostly that we keep it as one of the Ten Commandments. In the Hebrew Scriptures, Sabbath is offered as something …