Jon Collins

But I think the point is that we all are honoring the meaning of what the Seventh-day rest is about.

That's currently where I'm at in thinking through the issue.

And, well, there you go.

There's more to be said, and I also recognize there may be people listening who passionately disagree.

I wish I would just say, you know, have mercy on me, and let's be generous to each other as we follow Jesus.

Because I think what we all care about is the meaning of the Sabbath, and that it should be honored in our life rhythms in some way.

Every person, community, and family needs to find their way, but also not feel the burden to have to make it up yourself.

There's 3,000 plus years of human community's

in the Jewish and Christian tradition, doing this and living by this wisdom.

And there's so many wonderful ideas and examples to pull from.

Yeah.

Even so, it's surprisingly hard to get sticky.

It requires a lot of intentionality.

It's a lot of intentionality.

It takes a lot of work to rest.

In a noogatory way.

For a futile purpose.

Yeah.

And then fourth is remember the Shabbat.

Remember and keep the Shabbat.