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Missio on Jesus and the Sabbath: Rest and Reliance

Baylee Eby | 2 min read

The weeks are busy. I feel as though I am constantly rushing through work and running to the next event. I am always looking at the clock to determine how best to squeeze in another meeting, phone call or errand. It is as though as soon as my head hits the pillow to sleep my...

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Missio on Self-Reliance: The Mythical “Work-Life Balance”

Kate Moody | 3 min read

When I have read Psalm 127, I have found it hard to connect its first and second half. The first half seemed to focus on the humility that human workers should have in light of God’s sovereignty, saying, “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in...

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Missio on Rest: Turning off the 24/7 News Cycle for 24/1

Jordan Carmichael | 2 min read

As Christians, we are commanded to rest. Not suggested, but commanded – and it’s not something that God takes lightly. Instead, it is part of His basic instruction, enshrined in the Ten Commandments. The practice of this command takes different forms in various types of work, but what does it mean for someone working in...

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Missio on Rest: The Domino Effect of the Sabbath

Sara Kathryn Cole | 4 min read

Growing up, I was always taught about the importance of the Sabbath and keeping it holy. When I think of that, the only connection it had was how we would spend our Sabbath day – Sundays. Every Sunday morning, my family and I would get up and ready for church, have some argument on the...

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Missio on Rest: Helping Our Youth Learn Sabbath

Nate Robbins | 3 min read

“I’ve got National Honor Society on Mondays, Soccer practice Tuesday through Thursday with occasional games on the weekends, and then Friday I am hanging out with friends from school. On Saturday I am working on college applications, and then Sunday I have my SAT class after church!” That is ABSURD, but it is not an...

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Missio on Rest: A Prescription for Rest

Houston Massey | 4 min read

We live in a restless world—a world of idea generation, of progress, of movement, of working hard and of playing hard. Today we are the most medicated, indebted, and obese American adult cohort in recorded history. We have moved from a routine of coffee to 5-hour energy to Prozac. Our bodies cannot naturally keep up...

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