Sabbath: What Does It Mean to Stop Working?
As our family gets more into a regular practice of Sabbath observance, I find myself thinking about how to define work, i.e. that thing that we’re supposed to stop doing during Sabbath time. I tell...
View ArticleParable of the Scissors
From time to time over the next several months I plan to put short drafts up on the blog that I’m writing for the Sabbath book. I worked on the following piece this morning. Feedback is appreciated,...
View ArticleMore on the Working/Stay-at-Home Mom Thing
This is a follow-up to my post from last week about the importance of women being in the workforce in order to effect change, and the equally compelling vision of a less-career focused, more family-...
View ArticleFriday Link Love
A few random things… Ice Art Greenpeace got artist John Quigley to partially recreate da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man on a melting ice pack near the North Pole. Nicely metaphorical, dontcha think? ~...
View ArticleFriday Link Love
Away we go: ~ Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest — The Atlantic My favorite: ~ New Orleans Pastor Known as ‘Da Condom Father’ Couldn’t Just Watch People Die — Nola.com According to the...
View ArticleFriday Link Love: Nude Dancers, Suburban Living, and the Empathic Rat
First, a link to my article at catapult magazine for their 10 Things edition: 10 Ways to Savor Your Time in 2013. Annnnnd…. away we go: ~ Time-Lapse Images of Nude Dancers Created with 10,000...
View ArticleCan Sabbath Be Productive?
Play is a key component of Sabbath, it seems to me. Especially play for its own sake—”play without purpose.” But what does it mean for something to be purposeless? People sometimes ask me whether...
View ArticleHow Men Can Help Women Lean In
I wrote a post Friday afternoon about Sheryl Sandberg’s new book Lean In and said in part: There is still a tremendous gender gap in ministry. By and large, women are the associate pastors and solo...
View ArticleFriday Link Love: Maurice Sendak, Bracket Madness, and What, Me Worry?
Bit of a weird assortment this week. Lots of links related to women and gender issues, probably because I’m still pondering Lean In, the Steubenville verdict, and the connections between them. But...
View ArticleThoughts from a Book Group: Some People Don’t Need Sabbath
Hey folks, It’s Easter Monday, which means clergy catch-up, or rest, or both. I’m still getting over being sick. So today we have a guest post of sorts, a wrap-up email I received from a good friend...
View ArticleRising to Your Level of Misery
They can’t pay you enough money to do a job you hate. I have a lot of lasting memories of my grandfather–homegrown tomatoes, “Heart and Soul” duets on the piano–but that’s the primary piece of wisdom I...
View ArticleTake Your Day Off. It Will Keep You Honest
I’ve been doing the 2015 Reading Challenge this year, and I just finished my Book with Antonyms in the Title: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone–Especially Ourselves by Dan...
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