Presence is the awakening that calls us into an engagement with some aspect of the present moment.
“That divine rest on the seventh day of creation has made clear (a) that YHWH is not a workaholic, (b) that YHWH is not anxious about the full functioning of creation, and (c) that the well-being of creation does not depend on endless work.”
― Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
― Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
“The way of mammon (capital, wealth) is the way of commodity that is the way of endless desire, endless productivity, and endless restlessness without any Sabbath. Jesus taught his disciples that they could not have it both ways.”
― Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
― Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
“Sabbath becomes a decisive, concrete, visible way of opting for and aligning with the God of rest.”
― Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
― Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
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