Sabbath was not designed by God for isolated individuals but as a reset for the community. Beyond the laws governing the weekly day of rest, scriptural Sabbath practice included a regular rhythm ...

It is such a churchy word. Maybe some of you have it all figured out, but I often feel like the notion of Sabbath rest is unattainable in today’s fast-paced, modern world. Barbara Brown Taylor ...

People of faith regard the Sabbath not just as a day of rest, but also of worship; for so it was designed by Almighty God. But people, being perverse and wayward, has ever sought, and indeed have ...

And the Sabbath is a time when you’re supposed to stop acting on the world. You’re supposed to stop doing things to make things. You’re supposed to let the world rest, as well as you.

In Genesis, God rests after creating the world; in Exodus, God commands the Israelites to rest: “Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your ...

He commands them to refuse the slavery of constant work in their own land. God makes the Sabbath rest foundational to the identity of Israel as His people. Beyond being a Judeo-Christian religious ...