Dawn, Marva J,

Keeping the Sabbath wholly : ceasing, resting, embracing, feasting / [print] Marva J. Dawn. - Chu ban. - [Xianggang] : Xue sheng fu yin tuan qie chu ban she, (c)2003. - xvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Intellectual . - Intellectual. .

Translation of: Keeping the Sabbath wholly : ceasing, resting, embracing, feasting



English contents : Ceasing work -- Ceasing productivity and accomplishment -- Ceasing anxiety, worry, and tension -- Ceasing our trying to be God -- Ceasing our possessiveness -- Ceasing our enculturation -- Ceasing the humdrum and meaninglessness -- Spiritual rest -- Physical rest -- Emotional rest -- Intellectual rest -- Aids to rest -- Social rest -- An ethics of character -- Embracing intentionality -- Embracing the values of the Christian community -- Embracing time instead of space -- Embracing giving instead of requiring -- Embracing our calling in life -- Embracing wholeness : shalom -- Embracing the world -- Feasting on the eternal -- Feasting with music -- Feasting with beauty -- Feasting with food -- Feasting with affection -- Feasting and festival -- Sabbath ceasing, resting, embracing, and feasting -- Appendix : a few suggestions for rituals to begin and end the Sabbath day.



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Ten commandments--Sabbath.


Sunday.

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