The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time
Stop, Look, Listen: Celebrating Shabbos through a Spiritual Lens
Nehemia Polen • 1 highlight
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Most people mistakenly believe that all you have to do to stop working is not work. The inventors of the Sabbath understood that it was a much more complicated undertaking. You cannot downshift casually and easily, the way you might slip into bed at the end of a long day. As the Cat in the Hat says, “It is fun to have fun but you have to know how.”... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel described the weekly practice of Jews abstaining from work, Shabbat, as “a sanctuary in time.” I love the idea of building infrastructure around sacred time as one might build infrastructure around sacred space. Protecting nonwork time is particularly important because knowledge work can easily expand like a gas to fill... See more
Every • Against Ikigai
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God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God
Ken Shigematsu • 2 highlights
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The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
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