My friend and his wife were driving in the car talking about how their kids were learning the Ten Commandments at church. They wondered whether or not they too could recite the commandments off the ...

I want my children to know how to work hard. I also want them to know that hard work doesn’t define them. The stories we hear when we’re young stay with us. They define us, tell us who we are. For ...

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How God’s grace turned my strict views upside down. I grew up in a Sabbatarian religion where we practiced Sabbath observance as a matter of law. My religious community was conscious of the minute ...

When Kate H. Rademacher converted to Christianity, she found in her new faith a new-to-her idea: Sabbath rest. She grew up with a social justice activist mom who worked tirelessly for the cause, so ...

(RNS) — We must provide support and make space for kids to rest. In my family, this has involved recommitting to a weekly Sabbath observance. (RNS) — When I was in ninth grade, I developed a consuming ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “Sabbath?” Writing as a Christian, I have some very complicated feelings about this word. It is such a churchy word. Maybe some of you have it all figured ...

We all feel like we can never work enough. Perhaps it’s time to re-embrace the idea of a forced break from our labor. “Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy.” The commandment smacks of obsolete ...

Two weeks ago I began answering a question sent in by a reader about which day we should set aside for worship. The first column was a list of Scriptural observations that points to the fact that ...

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Both the extent and the limitations of the Supreme Court’s power are visible in a pending case raising the question of how far employers must go to accommodate employees’ religion. Underlying this ...