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How Can I Experience God's Sabbath Rest?

2014

Five Alive offers a textual sensitive Messiah-centered reflection on the weekly Torah from an Israeli Messianic perspective.

05:48 min

Finding the Off Switch: Four Reasons I Observe Shabbat

With the pace of technology and its demand for our attention increasing month-to-month, comes the challenge of occasionally leaving it behind. I’ve found some answers in my over thirty-year observance of Shabbat, (the Jewish Sabbath), a time when the use of technology is prohibited.

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Peter Himmelman
2018
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The Sabbath in an Era of Climate Change

An ancient Jewish practice may help save us all.

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Jonathan Schorsch
2020
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The Science of Sabbath: How People Are Rediscovering Rest—And Claiming Its Benefits

People of different faiths are rediscovering the practice of Sabbath, and some point to science suggesting such a day of rest — including time away from social media and digital devices — benefits longevity and mental health.

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Emily McFarlan Miller
2019
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Take a Day Off: How Shabbos Forced Me to Turn Off, Have Family Time and Get a Fresh Start Each Week

When I launched my company, The Fresh Diet , in 2005, I had a unique problem to solve: my business required my attention seven days per week, but my religion required me to take a day of rest.

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Zalmi Duchman
2015
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Creating Sabbath Peace Amid the Noise

There are people for whom the Sabbath never went away. Seventh-day Adventists, Hutterites, Jews whose fathers and mothers never stopped walking in the ways of their fathers and mothers. And then there are the rest of us.

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Judith Shulevitz
2010
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Bring Bath the Sabbath

My normal routine, which involved brunch with friends and swapping tales of misadventure in the relentless quest for romance and professional success, made me feel impossibly restless. I started spending Saturdays by myself.

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Judith Shulevitz
2003
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Take the Day Off: Receiving God's Gift of Rest

A constant stream of busyness can slowly wear away at us over time: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

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Robert Morris
2019
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The Taste of Sabbath: How to Delight in God's Rest

Sundays are feast days. But sometimes, that's awfully hard to remember. We often get too busy trying to keep track of all the things we're "not supposed to" do. Yet, as Stuart Bryan explains, this is not the emphasis of Scripture.

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Stuart Bryan
2009
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Sabbath Keeping: Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Rest

When we fail to rest we do more than burn ourselves out. We misunderstand the God who calls us to rest--who created us to be people of rest. Let's face it: our rest needs work.

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Lynne M. Baab
2005
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The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time

What is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply an oppressive, outmoded rite? In The Sabbath World, Judith Shulevitz...

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Judith Shulevitz
2011
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