Spiritual Themes>Journey|Quest Article

Years ago, I directed the UUA’s Washington Office. It was a challenging time in U.S. history, marked by the passage of the civil-rights-denying Patriot Act, pompous patriotic righteousness about the need to attack Iraq, support for fundamentalist Christian-style “family values,” and endless attacks on vulnerable communities.

A few years ago, various members of the CLF staff were talking about taking a social media Sabbath for one day a week, and shared things like the graphics they would post to Facebook letting people know that they were unavailable for the day.

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One who wants to enter the holiness of the day must first lay down the profanity of clattering commerce, of being yoked to toil.

It was August 21st of last year when something out of the ordinary happened. Schools closed. People took off from work early, or even the whole day if they could.

Sabbath opens up a space of renewal and spiritual sustenance. We hope that the CLF provides that for you through Quest Monthly, our online worship, daily reflections from the Daily Compass and more.

I fell in love with the Sabbath many years ago when my work took me to Israel. Until then, I’d never thought much about the Sabbath, except to be annoyed when stores were closed on Sunday and I needed to buy something.

A series in the Cathy comic strip about vacationing caught my eye, perhaps because it was really about the opposite.