This was a great piece. It’s so easy to fall prey to simplistic answers- the “either or” instead of the “both and”. Reminded me following Jesus is never a formula. Here’s to rest and work with God at the center of it all. Thanks for sharing your insights!
Yes the curse affected both our work and our rest, making both fruitless. Jesus came to reverse the curse! Thanks for this insightful article! I am now in a season of glorifying God in the wilderness and repenting of performance based worth. So good to receive that freedom.
I'm soooo confused. Right before I read this I got an email from Practicing the Way/JMC with the title "Here’s your Summer Slowdown guide" which seemed to look at summer as a sort of extended sabbatical.
But seriously, pendulums swing and this one seems to be swinging fast. I kind of think that before about 5 years ago I didn't hear much at all about sabbath in the evangelical church context - and it was a much needed corrective to our 24/7 burnout society. There was a sense in which the pandemic itself was a sort of sabbath for the whole world (unless you worked in healthcare). Now I kind of thought we'd reached the equilibrium (in some places, not all) where people were taking the idea of sabbath seriously again. And now I see your article which seems to be kind of a pushback. It's interesting from a sociological standpoint. Has the pendulum swung too far over to rest? Would we be able to tell given our society's obsession with production?
This was a great piece. It’s so easy to fall prey to simplistic answers- the “either or” instead of the “both and”. Reminded me following Jesus is never a formula. Here’s to rest and work with God at the center of it all. Thanks for sharing your insights!
Thank you, Karen!
Yes the curse affected both our work and our rest, making both fruitless. Jesus came to reverse the curse! Thanks for this insightful article! I am now in a season of glorifying God in the wilderness and repenting of performance based worth. So good to receive that freedom.
I'm soooo confused. Right before I read this I got an email from Practicing the Way/JMC with the title "Here’s your Summer Slowdown guide" which seemed to look at summer as a sort of extended sabbatical.
But seriously, pendulums swing and this one seems to be swinging fast. I kind of think that before about 5 years ago I didn't hear much at all about sabbath in the evangelical church context - and it was a much needed corrective to our 24/7 burnout society. There was a sense in which the pandemic itself was a sort of sabbath for the whole world (unless you worked in healthcare). Now I kind of thought we'd reached the equilibrium (in some places, not all) where people were taking the idea of sabbath seriously again. And now I see your article which seems to be kind of a pushback. It's interesting from a sociological standpoint. Has the pendulum swung too far over to rest? Would we be able to tell given our society's obsession with production?