1/10/16
Chris Breslin
Genesis 2:1-4, Exodus 5
Testimony by Nate Hood (27:50)
“God rested! God enjoyed a work stoppage!…It is good that order defeats chaos. It is good that the world is ordered for fruitfulness. It is “very good” that creation bears the life-giving power of the creator. It is very good indeed! And then, reported at the culmination of the liturgical recital, God rested. God rested on the seventh day. God did not show up to do more. God absented God’s self from the office. God did not come and check on creation in anxiety to be sure it was all working. God has complete confidence in the fruit-bearing, blessing-generating processes of creation that have been instituted. God exhibits no anxiety about the life-giving capacity of creation.” -Walter Brueggemann
“A being is free only when it can determine and limit its activity.” –Karl Barth
“Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing.” –Eugene Peterson
“Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” -St. Augustine of Hippo
Sabbath Planning Worksheet & Sabbath Starters
Sabbath Planning Worksheet & Sabbath Starters (for Students)
“Praying” by Mary Oliver
It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.
Further Sabbath Reading
Sabbath by Dan Allender
This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems by Wendell Berry
Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Bruggemann
Keeping the Sabbath Wholly by Marva Dawn
The Sabbath by Abraham Heschel
24/6 by Matthew Sleeth
Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren Winner
Living the Sabbath by Norman Wirzba
