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Karen Howells's avatar

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!

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Chris Nye's avatar

Thank you, Karen!

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Janet S Abadir's avatar

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.

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Phil's avatar

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?

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