When we forget the rhythm of work and rest, things in our lives can begin to slowly unravel and break down. Are you honoring the rhythms built into the fabric of creation and your life?
SLIDES GEORGE READ IN THE GATHERING
fields not factories
Genesis 2
Leviticus 25
Hebrews 4
We used to sing the hymn "Take Time to Be Holy." But perhaps we should be singing, "Take time to be human." Or finally, "Take time." Rest is taking time ... time to be holy ... time to be human.
Walter Brueggemann
Our work becomes the entire context in which we define our lives. We lose God-consciousness, God-awareness, sightings of resurrection. We lose the capacity to sing “This is my Father’s world” and end up chirping little self-centered ditties about what we are doing.
Eugene Peterson
