Sentences with phrase «practicing sabbath»

Practicing sabbath has allowed me to loosen my grip on running the church.

Bass presents practicing the sabbath as a countercultural habit of claiming a weekly day for resting in God's blessings.

We also recognize time as God's gift when we respect the daily needs of the body, when we offer attention to the people and experiences of the immediate present, when we set aside a portion of each day for attention to God, when we remove impediments to the authentic use of time, and when we practice the sabbath, a practice that receives considerable attention in Bass's book.

I practice the sabbath day, and to think that because one went out of the house on Saturday if there is an emergency, they will be put to death is crazy, something is definitely wrong with this law.

Not exact matches

Taken this way, good Sabbaths make good Christians by regularly reminding us of God's creative, liberating and redeeming presence, not only in words but also through a practice we do together in response to that presence.

If any charge were to be made against the mainline church, it might be our laxity about the laws: sabbath practice, tithing, prayer, worship, scripture study and fighting injustice.

Although their practices are profoundly dishonest and exploitative, the entrepreneurs wait for the new moons and sabbaths to pass before they engage in business.

Keeping the Sabbath to Keep the Earth by Sherry Golden (Winner of the Lay Category) Text: Psalm 145:9; Genesis 2:15; Numbers 6:24 Calls us into a return to the practice of sabbath as a means to reduce environmental destruction.