When I was in fifth-grade, my class spent a day planting pine tree seedlings to fill areas of a local forest left bare by a lumber company cutting down trees. It was our Earth Day project and I was so…
Don’t Be Afraid of Taking It Slow
Tag: rest
With Eyes Toward the Sabbath
I read a book by Lauren F. Winner called Mudhouse Sabbath. Lauren converted from Judaism to Christianity and this wonderful little book is about the traditions from Judaism that she believes would enrich the Christian faith in tangible, day-to-day ways.…
Sabbath Rest: Bringing God’s Presence to Earth
Sabbath rest. I don’t think God will let me leave this for some time ~ probably because I need it the most. My days are full of lists, and busyness, and chores, and studying, and taking care of people. I…
Rest In God
They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved. They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness? True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly,…
Enter into my Rest…
The rest of God ~ the phrase rolls off my tongue and fills me with a refreshing hope. I am in a place of needing rest ~ like a large glass of water! Many believe, rightly so, that this rest…