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24/6: A Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.” Sounds nice, but how do we find rest in a 24/7 world? Just as the Hebrews were slaves in Egypt, we have become slaves to technology. Our technological tools allow 24-hour productivity and connectivity, give us more control, and subtlety enslave us to busyness itself. Sabbath is about restraint, about intentionally not doing everything all the time just...

Maybe it isn’t so much dark intentions that resulted in the loss of Sabbath as it is a kind of society-wide absentmindedness. Maybe that is why the commandment about the Sabbath is the only one of the Ten Commandments that begins with the word remember. Marking Time God whispered, “Begin, sweet world,” and time began. Adam and Eve walked in the Garden. They had no wristwatches. They had no calendar. There was evening, night, and then another day, and then another and another. The Bible preserves