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The Gift of Work: In His Image

The Gift of Work: In His Image
How do you feel about your work? Do you love what you do or do you consider it a part of the curse to survive? If we look at the first mention of work in the Bible, you may be surprised – and encouraged. The first use of work, melakah, occurs all the way back…
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Are you rested?

Are you rested?
Last week we talked about the value of work before rest. But the converse is true as well. Rest is necessary for the mind, body and soul so that we can return to productive and creative work. How do we experience that rest? Our society puts a high value on leisure time. In fact, billions…
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Time to Rest?

Time to Rest?
An interesting podcast recently suggested that without creative work, there is no true rest. Creative work generates a product or useful service and can be done in an office, home, library, or on an assembly line. Sometimes we are paid for our work but we also might be serving as a volunteer or within our…
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Jubilee Sabbath

Jubilee Sabbath
Besides the liberty celebration we looked at last week, Jubilee also is a reflection of Sabbath. It is a sabbatical year and follows a sabbatical year. Sabbath, the seventh day, is a day to rest from our work. It is a weekly reminder that no matter how much we do, it is never going to…
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