“Sabbath is not simply the pause that refreshes. It is the pause that transforms. Whereas Israelites are always tempted to acquisitiveness, Sabbath is an invitation to receptivity, an acknowledgment that what is needed is given and need not be seized.”
Walter Brueggemann
“This imperative means rather that one should make the kingdom the center of one’s existence and thus experience the rule of God fully in...
"A sacrificial life is the means, and the only means, by which a life of faith matures.” - Eugene Peterson
