Rest Recap
Over the summer, we’ve written several articles to help us think about our relationship with rest, sabbath, and play.
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Rest, Sabbath, and Play: A Rule of Life for Marketplace Leaders
In 2020, while the world was reeling from the pandemic, I was embarking on a new journey. For 2 1/2 years I committed to quarterly three-day spiritual retreats within a transforming community.
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Three Ways to Meaningfully Waste Time
Have you ever considered intentionally wasting time? I know. It sounds like, well, a waste of time. But hear me out.
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Restorative Rest: A Spiritual Practice
Jesus said, “Come off by yourselves; let’s take a break and get a little rest.” For there was constant coming and going. They didn’t even have time to eat. Mark 6:31
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Work, Rest, and Play
My mother’s family was from northern Germany. And I spent some of my childhood in the city of Hamburg located in the northernmost part of the country.
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Play, Imagination, and Creative Work
Walter, a seminarian, had just finished preaching his senior sermon in chapel—a hallowed, traditional, and ornate space governed by the spoken, and often unspoken, rules of propriety and decorum.
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Pickleball, Play, and Third Third Flourishing
“Now that you are retired, it’s time to play pickleball all day, every day.” That’s the message from the front of a retirement card.
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The Types of Rest We Need
I don’t know about you, but when I think of rest, my brain starts conjuring up images of my weighted blanket, a cabin in the woods, a rocking chair on a screened-in porch, and the beach.
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Love is Not a “To-Do” List
I love a to-do list. How about you? Do you use the latest and greatest app on your phone? Are you one of those productivity geniuses who can keep it all in their head?
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Five Ways (Plus One) to Manage Stress
Chronic stress. It feels inescapable. The demands of life, work, and leadership seem relentless, practically snuffing out any room for margin.
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Reassessing Our Relationship with Work and Rest
The other night, when the sky was dark and all was quiet in the house, and when I was fast asleep, I found myself startled awake by the abrupt opening of my bedroom door.
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Resources for Rest
Growing up in Southern California, I never ached for summer the way I do since moving to the Pacific Northwest. The cloudy and cold winters leave my body, mind, and perhaps even my soul longing for the warmth of sunny summer days.
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Turning Point
The people of God are not yet all the way to the place God has called them to be. But they are far enough along that they can stop, rest, begin to settle in, and survey the ground.
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Christ Sat Down
Because Jesus made a single offering, because he sat down, we have a beautiful new kind of access to God and can rest in complete assurance of God’s love.
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