Part Four: Daily Rest Rhythms

Here we are, finally at the tail end of this series. I’m glad you’re still with me, because in my opinion this now becomes the most important part.  When I originally started putting together this series on Sabbath, I didn’t have in mind to add a fourth part. But the further I worked on it,…

Part Three: An Intentional Sabbath Day

Last time we left off talking about the fact that while sabbath is much more than a day, it’s also not less than a day. This time we’re going to pick up there and look at some practical and intentional ways of practicing a day of sabbath.  Before we dive straight into that, I thought…

Part Two: Theology of Sabbath

When you break down themes of sabbath as found in scripture, you could create a number of different categories. For now we’re going to look at Sabbath as Holy and Blessed, Sabbath as a Gift, Sabbath as a Command, Sabbath as Resistance, and Sabbath as a Matter of the Heart.  Let’s start off by making…

Part One: True Rest for Your Soul

After a rather lengthy break from writing, I’m excited to be back and sharing a series that I’ve been working on for quite some time now. This topic has become important to me as I’ve spent countless hours researching, reading, and trying to integrate it into my own life. I find it amusing and ironic…

Overcoming Anxiety…by His grace

I’ve been wavering back and forth on sharing this piece of my life for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it’s humbling for me. It’s not easy to revisit history at times. It’s also a highly emotionally charged topic for many people. I’m treading forward carefully, recognizing that this is still a very real struggle for…

The Pain & Beauty Of Loving “The Least Of These”

As some of you already know, I get to work with teens on a daily basis. I’m a community youth worker working specifically with mostly vulnerable or “at risk” youth. Part of my job in the summer includes working out at camp, and this past Summer I had one of the most challenging weeks of…

Fortify

I’ve recently become uncomfortably aware that my life is need of some refortification. Fortify = to strengthen; to make more difficult for an enemy to attack; to make healthier or energize. You might be wondering what I mean. Well, let’s just say that in the last months I’ve let a lot of tension and worry…

Joy For The Journey

Hi friends. I hope you’ve all had a fantastic Summer! First off, I want to start by thanking you for sticking with me while I’ve been on a bit of a pause from writing. The short version of the reason behind it is that I’ve been taking lots of extra time with Jesus and in…