Work, rest, and the rest of our livesProper 11B | Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 There is something deceptive in our reading of the gospel this morning. Nothing sinister or conniving. Nobody is trying to pull anything over. It’s just, deceptively quaint-sounding given the context. Given the subject matter …
Sabbath
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 …
A Word: Our Responsibility
Our responsibility to the whole human family Sabbath love is our measuring stickProper 5B | 1 Samuel 8:4-20, 11:14-15; Mark 3:20-35 It’s a good thing we dealt with Sabbath last week, because we’ve got two big theological challenges to wrestle with this morning. And …