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Rector's Blog
Saturday, June 28, 2008
This weekend we explore sabbath-keeping. Here's an exercise to get you thinking about your time and practice of making Sabbath.
Draw a sketch of your life’s "floor plan." Map it out. Work, commute, school, etc. Now make an outline of your house, and each room, including any outside space where you may spend time. Put a number in each room representing the hours (or minutes) you normally spend in each room on a given day. If you live with others in your house, you can ask them to try the exercise and compare notes to see where you agree or diverge. Consider these questions:
• What would an outside observer learn from your drawing?
• How much time do you spend alone, and how much time do you spend face-to-face with others?
• How much time do you spend in each room “plugged-in” to work or appliances?
• What would you like to deepen or change about the way you work and rest in your home?
This exercise will tell you a lot about your relationship to Sabbath-keeping.
Here are also a couple links to worship resources that you can print and use if you're keeping the Sabbath while away from home or a worshipping community this summer. Both are from the Book of Common Prayer. One is called Morning Prayer; and the other is a series of shorter worship resources for morning, noon, and night, including Compline--a beautiful worship service for late evening.
Morning%20Prayer.pdf
Compline%20and%20Daily%20Devotions.pdf
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