Something I read awhile back has made me rethink my idea of what constitutes a 'day off.' Here is the quote from Douglas Steere: "A day off...is a bastard Sabbath." [1] What he means is that a day off is not a legitimate sabbath. 'Not working' does not constitute what God had in mind when he initiated a day of rest. So what does it mean to keep a sabbath, and to keep it holy? Steere suggests that it is much more than a day of 'not doing.' It is a day of getting ourselves out of the way. Embracing silence, embracing prayer. This quote of Steere's is taken from Eugene Peterson's book, The Pastor . Peterson goes on to describe how his interaction with Steere initiated a change in how he and his family took a day off during the week. "We deliberately separated ourselves from the workweek .. .and gave ourselves to being present to what God has done and is doing, this creation in which we have bee...
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