As Christmas approaches, we can prepare to accept God's good gifts by setting aside our own efforts and becoming like little children.
How do we perceive ourselves when it comes to being physically healthy? Several community members evaluate their health and health concerns.
Why we?re saying ?good night? until September.
The "how" and "why" of taking a spiritual retreat.
Christ's model in his interaction with the disciples offers a model for us as creatures of work and rest.
As creatures created to observe Sabbath, can we deny its integral role in our lives? An exploration of biblical and practical Sabbath.
Is perpetual exhaustion ever a part of God?s will?
Creating a home that is right respite for yourself and others.
On the nature and purpose of obedient vacationing.
On the difficulty of internalizing the gift of a twenty-four hour day
A timely reminder that Sabbath is a gift, not a burden.
God?s good creation and the space for rest.
Simple lessons yield revelations about God and relationship.
Sometimes we need to stop and be attentive to the holes in our lives.
Guided by Rev. Netflix, a couple seeks something of what they weren?t finding in church in front of their television.
A reflection with practical instruction on the potential of "mindfulness meditation" to simplify our inner and outer lives.
On creating space for God in our daily lives.
An inherited recipe compliments a darkening evening.
A personal story and an overview of principles for life balance.
What happens when a child-like boredom meets adult busyness.
Might a fast teach us how to better "chop wood, carry water"?
A resigned nurse learns to be still and value a new kind of productivity.
A summer in a national park teaches the difference between productivity and fruitfulness.
On a simple discipline for learning to be still.
On cultivating a space to relax with family and friends.
A rambling vacation yields delight, generosity and gratitude.
Lessons from a venerable pair of birch trees on Pleasant Lake.
On a time away that was abundantly productive -- in many senses of the word.
A review of The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time by Judith Shulevitz.
Can a rule of life turn a Martha into a Mary?