Steohanie

“Six days a week the spirit is alone, disregarded, forsaken, forgotten. Working under strain, beset with worries, enmeshed in anxieties, man has no mind for ethereal beauty. But the spirit is waiting for man to join in. Abraham Heschel, The Sabbath”
― A.J. Swoboda, Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World

“As for my work, studies continue to reveal that pastoral burnout is connected to the pastor’s sense of being and worthiness.21 I became a workaholic chiefly because I had not allowed the grace of Jesus to reside in the depths of the caverns of my soul. I even used to think the Sabbath was a break from ministry. Now I see Sabbath as ministry. It frees people. It helps others in the church. It establishes boundaries. And, above all, it proclaims the good news of Jesus. As I read Peterson, one question came back to me over and over again: How can I preach salvation by grace when my life is built on an altar of workaholism?”
― A.J. Swoboda, Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World

“became a workaholic chiefly because I had not allowed the grace of Jesus to reside in the depths of the caverns of my soul. I even used to think the Sabbath was a break from ministry. Now I see Sabbath as ministry. It frees people. It helps others in the church. It establishes boundaries. And, above all, it proclaims the good news of Jesus. As I read Peterson, one question came back to me over and over again: How can I preach salvation by grace when my life is built on an altar of workaholism?”
― A.J. Swoboda, Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World

“In America they distrust unhappy people.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue