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Sabbath Begins in Rest
Author

Ashley Hales
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Rest
Sabbath begins in rest. The Jewish people practice Shabbat sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. It begins and ends in the dark, where rest (not hustle) is the first word.
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Sabbath: A Day Up
Author

Louie Giglio
Keywords
- Sabbath
Sabbath is not so much about a day off as it is a “day up”—a day to remember that He is God and we are not. Without Sabbath, we forget who we are and lose sight of who He is, leaving us to carry the w...
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Love of the Sabbath
Author

Abraham J. Heschel
Keywords
- Sabbath
There is a word that is seldom said, a word for an emotion almost too deep to be expressed: the love of the Sabbath. The word is rarely found in our literature, yet for more than two thousand years th...
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A Sabbath Box
Author

Wayne Muller
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Rhythms of Rest
Scripture

Exodus 20:8-10, Luke 10:41-42
Make a Sabbath box. When you set aside time for Sabbath—whether it is an hour, a morning, or a day—put in the box those things you do not want to use…. You can also use the Sabbath box to hold all the...
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To Remember & Observe: Sabbath in a Jewish Home
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A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Remembering
We must begin by remembering. If you journey into a contemporary Jewish home prepared for Sabbath, you will likely encounter two candles lit by (more often than not) the woman of the home. On Friday e...
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Sabbath vs. Vacation
Author

A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Vacation
What differentiates a weekly Sabbath from a vacation? Quite a bit, in fact. When my son was four, he learned how to put his head underwater when swimming. Elliot can hold his breath for a good ten sec...
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The Origin of the Sabbath
Author

The Pastor's Workshop
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Where did the observation of a Sabbath come from? Nahum Sarna points out that it is never instituted within Scripture. Instead, it is taken for granted that the people already observe it: “There can...
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The Sabbath Reveals Economic Disparities
Author

Kevin Blue
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The discussion of the sabbath leads to an interesting reflection. Some of our economies and cultures actually are put together in such a way that the poor either struggle to get enough work or have no...
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Parenting and the Sabbath
Author

MaryAnn McKibben Dana
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Our Sabbath project grew out of a desire to reclaim some of the unhurried wonder of those early days of parenthood—to see what would happen if, on one day out of seven, we stopped working, striving, a...
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The Real Significance of the Sabbath
Author

Earl Palmer
Keywords
- Sabbath
St. Augustine was convinced that the real significance of the sabbath is this fact, that it provided a concrete sign of fulfillment toward which history yearns; because of the grace and decision of Go...
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The Sabbath for the Descendants of Slaves
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Cole Arthur Riley
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People think the sabbath is antiquated; I think it will save us for ourselves… When we rest, we do so in memory of rest denied. We receive what has been withheld from ourselves and our ancestors. And...
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A Space Sabbath
Author

A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Space (Outer)
Colonel William Pogue requested a day of rest from mission control for his overworked and exhausted space crew: “We have been over-scheduled. We were just hustling the whole day. The work could be tir...
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Sabbath-Keeping and Legalism
Author

Walter Brueggemann
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Scripture

Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Mark 2:27-28, Matthew 12:8, Luke 6:5
For the most part, contemporary Christians pay little attention to the Sabbath. We more or less know that the day came to reflect, in U.S. culture, the most stringent disciplinary faith of the Puritan...
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Doing Rather Than Being
Author

A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Burnout
Sabbath is that ancient idea and practice of intentional rest that has long been discarded by much of the church and our world. Sabbath is not new. Sabbath is just new to us. Historically, Christians ...
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The Sacred Day
Author

A. J. Swoboda
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The Sabbath day is a holy day. Interestingly, the only thing God deems as qadosh, or “holy,” in the creation story is the Sabbath day. The earth, space, land, stars, animals — even people — are not de...
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The Crucial Bridge in the 10 Commandments
Author

Walter Brueggemann
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Ten Commandments
Scripture

Exodus 20:3-7, 12-17, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Mark 2:27-28, Matthew 12:8, Luke 6:5, Hebrews 4:9-10, Isaiah 58:13-14
Interpretation series editor Patrick Miller has shrewdly observed that the fourth commandment on Sabbath is the “crucial bridge” that connects the Ten Commandments together. The fourth commandment loo...
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A Day of Peace
Author

George Robinson
Keywords
- Rest
- Sabbath
We are not beasts of burden. We should not live to work. We should not be chained to routine. Shabbat unchains us. Shabbat is meant to be a day of peace. It offers us a chance for peace with nature, ...
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Going Against the Grain of the Universe
Author

John Mark Comer
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Scripture

Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Mark 2:27-28
When we fight this work-six-days, Sabbath-one-day rhythm, we go against the grain of the universe. And to quote the philosopher H. H. Farmer, “If you go against the grain of the universe, you get spli...
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Being Instructed on Sabbath Keeping
Author

John Buchanan
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Indispensability
My instructor in Sabbath-keeping was not a professor or spiritual director, but a foreman at the East Chicago Inland Steel plant named Mike Paddock. His wife was the treasurer of the tiny congregation...
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Never Leaving Their Work
Author

A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
Because of the modern rhythms of work that are mediated through personal computers and phones, people, in the words of one cultural commentator, “leave the office, but they do not leave their work. Th...
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Leaving the Letters up to God
Author

Ronald Rohlheiser
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Scripture

Psalm 51:17, John 4:23-24, Proverbs 3:5-6, Luke 18:13-14, 1 Samuel 16:7
There is a story told about a Jewish farmer, who ended up stuck in his field for the Sabbath. As the sun went down, the farmer realized he would have to remain in the field until sunset the next day, ...
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A Coca-Cola Philosophy & Empty Calories
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A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
Studies reveal that 37 percent of Americans take fewer than seven days of vacation a year. In fact, only 14 percent take vacations that last longer than two weeks. Americans take the shortest paid vac...
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God’s Creation on the Seventh Day
Author

Abraham J. Heschel
Keywords
- Sabbath
Scripture

Genesis 2:2, Exodus 20:11
The words: "On the seventh day God finished His work" (Genesis 2:2), seem to be a puzzle. Is it not said: "He rested on the seventh day"? "In six days the Lord made heaven and...
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The Wisdom of Dormancy
Author

Wayne Muller
Keywords
Scripture

Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Leviticus 25:4-5, Mark 2:27, Isaiah 40:30-31
Sabbath honors the necessary wisdom of dormancy. If certain plant species, for example, do not lie dormant for winter, they will not bear fruit in the spring. If this continues for more than a season,...
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Quarreling Yesterday & Today
Author

Tim Muehlhoff & Richard Langer
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In Paul’s day the church quarreled over the Jewish law and over genealogies, over meat sacrificed to idols and sabbath practices, and over favoritism shown to the rich patrons and negligence shown to ...
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The Two Runners
Author

The Pastor's Workshop
Keywords
Scripture

Matthew 6:33, Colossians 3:23, Psalm 39:6, Luke 12:15, Acts 15:29, Matthew 5:14-16, Ephesians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Jeremiah 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24, Luke 9:62, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, James 1:12, Romans 8:16-17, Galatians 2:20
The true story of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, two British sprinters who qualified for the 1924 Olympic Games, illustrates two contrasting approaches to life and identity. Abrahams was driven by ...
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Liddell’s Sabbath Exception
Author

Randy Alcorn
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Randy Alcorn relates meeting Margaret Holder, born to missionary parents in China and interned by the Japanese with Eric Liddell, the “Flying Scotsman,” whose story is featured in Chariots of Fire . ...
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Stories of Hospitality from Ancient Cultures
Author

Dorothy C. Bass
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Scripture

1 Peter 4:9, Matthew 25:34-46, Leviticus 19:34, Acts 28:2, Isaiah 58:7
A Catholic priest recently told a gathering of friends about a time when he arrived in Israel late on a Friday afternoon, just as everything was about to shut down for the Sabbath. Public transportati...
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Sabbath-living Slows Down and Expands Time
Author

Tiffany Shlain
Keywords
Scripture

Mark 6:31, Isaiah 30:15
Living 24/6 feels like magic and here’s why: it seems to defy the laws of physics, as it both slows down time and gives us more of it. I laugh a lot more on that day without screens. I notice everythi...
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The Origin of University Sabbaticals
Author

Richard Bullock and Richard Bruesehoff
Keywords
In their beginnings, many universities were connected to the church and religious orders, and a sabbatical was considered a time to experiment, learn anew, or pray and meditate. That understanding, un...

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