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What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy? Dan Allender’s lyrical book about the Sabbath expels the myriad myths about this “day of rest,” starting with the one that paints the Sabbath as a day of forced quiet, spiritual exercises, and religious devotion and attendance. This, he says, is at odds with the ancient tradition of Sabbath as a day of...

and offers no substance. It is not enough, and it doesn’t satisfy, even for a minute. The end only increases the desire for more—it doesn’t bring awe or gratitude. This is the energy of consumerism, the heartbeat of a self-serving capitalism. The powers and principalities of consumerism demand we taste diversionary breaks that intensify our hunger for more goods rather than a Sabbath rest that brings us a taste of genuine good. Perhaps one of the most radical gifts we can bring the developing Third
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