Take a rest. \nA field that has rested gives a beautiful crop. ~ Ovid\n\nIn our own contemporary context of the rat race of anxiety, the celebration of the Sabbath is an act of both resistance and \nalternative. It is resistance because it is a visible insistence that our lives are not defined by the production and consumption of commodity goods\u2026It is an alternative to the demanding, \nchattering, pervasive presence of advertising and its great liturgical claim of professional sports that devour all our \u201crest time.\u201d ~ Walter Brueggemann\n\nRest and be thankful. \n~ William Wordsworth