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Laziness or Rest?
God is always working (John 5:17), but God is also the author and participant in rest. For example, God rested…
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Rest and Risk
A few weeks ago, someone told me, “The level of your rest directly affects your tolerance for risk.” What she…
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Get Up and Do It – But Be Still!
I love the verses in the Bible about resting in the Lord. As someone who likes to keep busy (but…
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Take a Breather! (But Don’t Stay There)
When I was in my late teens and early 20s, I was very goal-oriented. Almost everything I did, I did…
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Re-finding Beauty and Peace in the Wilderness
I know that I have written about the power of the wilderness many times before. The power to strip away…
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Recreation Leads to Recreation
The words recreation – relaxing – and recreation – being re-created and renewed – are spelled the same way, in…
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Rest in the Storm
I wrote last week about turning our faces to the storm – facing it so we can see what is…
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Darkness is for Rest
There is a lot of talk about “dark times” in our Christian churches today. You even hear it spoken of…
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The Wilderness as a Life-Saver
When I was (somewhat) young, my parents purchased a cassette tape with a talented voice actor telling the story of…
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Rest or… “Rest”?
A few weeks ago, I got back from a cross-country adventure. I felt so happy, and I felt pretty much…
