Sublime

I was in a very demanding academic program, trying to cram an extra year’s worth of work into my time at Oxford. I decided to spend an hour every night reading, thinking, and praying about why God put me on this earth. That was

“Is The Nap Ministry just for Black people?” The question itself stems from a white supremacist mindset that refuses to accept this truth: Black liberation is a balm for all humanity and this message is for all those suffering from the ways of white supremacy and capitalism. Everyone on the planet, including the planet itself, is indeed suffering

All of us, though, know how awful it can feel when we don’t get at least close to the magical eight hours. Life suddenly seems an uphill struggle. The simplest tasks become too much for us. Tiredness stokes negative thoughts and feelings: irritability, anxiety, unhappiness. We can find it hard to concentrate or make decisions. Odd sensations – like

This is Tricia Hersey and The Nap Ministry creating collective sleeping experiences to reclaim the justice and liberation in rest.

protected time—what is sometimes referred to as confinement but what really entails privacy, respect, and protection—