Why Sabbath? Ask the poets. They know everything even if they don’t know they know everything. In particular, these three views of time resonate with me because once a week, I stop the clock.
“We’ll never get there
Time is always ahead of us, running down the beach, urging
Us on faster, faster, but sometimes we take [...]
It isn’t Sabbath yet – but it is a beautiful, blustery autumn day. Today I have no illusion of holiness. I just want to wish everyone a very happy Thursday, like Pooh. I want to watch the trees turn and watch my puppies chase the bright yellow leaves.
I don’t want to do anything in particular. [...]
This Sabbath I am driving 150 miles to see my mom through yet another chemo appointment. I used to listen to praise music in the car; now I just drown out my thoughts with news. My mom asks if I’m praying. I can’t tell her that I’m praying for this to end.
Carmen, the tiny terrorist, [...]
It’s Sabbath again. I have lit my candle, prayed my prayers, and still I resist the hand of God. I see His writing on the wall. I see His scratches on the ground. I am afraid.
I don’t want God’s kind of good. Like Bilbo, and I wish to be left alone. No adventures, thank [...]
