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When unemployment threatens to sink us, God keeps our heads above water. When I was a swimming instructor, I spent a lot of time trying to get little kids to float. I would tell them to put their ears ...

One of the most foundational, but increasingly forgotten, principles in Scripture is God’s command to honor the Sabbath: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy…” (Exodus 20:8). While Christians ...

Workaholics be warned. The Sabbath asserts that people have the right to limit their work, thus offering "a balance to the bonds of boundless labor, an opportunity one day a week to shut down the ...

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced a new initiative that will “meet families where they are” as it helps them reclaim the Sabbath as a day dedicated to prayer and rest. The ...

When I lived on campus last summer, I had an overwhelming amount of free time on the weekends. On Friday nights, I would go to Shabbat dinners hosted by Jewish friends. We would pack into sweltering ...

We were taught by Coolio in “1, 2, 3, 4” from his album, "Gangsta’s Paradise," that there “ain’t no party like a west coast party, cause a west coast party ...