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Jan 20, 2012

Year of Plenty: First We Rest

Craig Goodwin

The following excerpt by Craig Goodwin adds a humorous Sabbath component to our Friday conversations about personal finance. ----- Normal people would plan months in advance for an...

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Sep 29, 2011

How to Live in This Economy

Ann Voskamp

On a Monday during piano lessons, I just sit with the dead at the cemetery.  Is there such a thing as a sustainable economy of the soul in this industrial world addicted to speed? Only a...

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Apr 15, 2011

Community Post: How to Make Space for Good Thinking

Jim Martin

"As one who speaks and writes regularly, I find it critical to find space to think and create. When I am not doing this, I see and feel the difference," says network-member and pastor Jim...

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Oct 29, 2010

Technology: Do You Give it a Rest?

L.L. Barkat

Emptying and filling, she said. I have been thinking about these words all morning. Emptying and filling, emptying and filling, emptying and filling. I cannot seem to say the phrase too many...

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Aug 23, 2010

Beach Music

laura boggess

We drive 530 miles to say goodbye to summer. Though the heat lingers, morning light comes later each day—reminding us of this revolution we are on…the way time tilts us forward. My family and...

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May 21, 2010

Beyond Physical Rest

Ed Gungor

Though rest has an important physical dimension, it’s about more than a good night’s sleep, more than mere physical recuperation. Rest has vital psychological and spiritual dimensions to it as...

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May 12, 2010

The Rest of Your Life

Ed Gungor

Learning to work well is great, but working well is not sufficient to create a balanced life; we must also learn how to stop working. That's called rest. The Hebrews called it taking a Sabbath, and...

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Dec 17, 2009

The Moment of Impact

Dan King

I met this guy (we'll call him Joshua) on the street in a popular downtown area one night while he was waiting for a taxi. The first question that I asked him was, "How many brand names of beers...

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Jul 15, 2009

I should have worked on the Sabbath

Sam Van Eman

To this day, I think Jesus wanted me to work on that Sabbath.

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Jun 11, 2009

Covenant Stories: Sabbath Rest

Gordon Atkinson

I would have to say that our time meeting at Fox Run Elementary was wonderful. Unfortunately, we were facing a hard deadline. The school district was very accommodating to churches that wished to...

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Daily Reflection From Laity Lodge

Add to the Beauty

During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +