We are God's Transformed People. As God's Transformed People, then, we expect to be transformed and to be transforming in a regular, constant fashion.
God provides for us:
* Transforming Time (Sabbath)
* Transforming Place (Hospitality)
* Transforming Space (ReCreation)
And we engage in the practices of:
* Transforming Time (Sabbath)
* Transforming Place (Hospitality)
* Transforming Space (ReCreation)
At the conclusion of Sunday's service, our Call to Confession was a litany written by Blu Greenberg. And we encouraged people to write their own "Six Days...On the Seventh Day" application:
Six days shall you be a workaholic;
On the seventh day, shall you join the serene company of human beings.
Six days shall you take orders from your boss;
On the seventh day, shall you be master/mistress of your own life.
Six days shall you toil in the market;
On the seventh day, shall you detach from money matters.
Six days shall you create, drive, invent, push;
On the seventh day, shall you reflect.
Six days shall you be the perfect success;
On the seventh day, shall you remember that not everything is in your power.
Six days shall you be a miserable failure;
On the seventh day, shall you be on top of the world.
Six days shall you enjoy the blessings of work;
On the seventh day, shall you understand that being is as important as doing.
-Blu Greenberg
If you didn't get a chance to add your own thoughts, that's what the comment section is for on this blog post!
Also, I had one friend mention to me that she didn't think this was "very Reformed." Shouldn't we always be about the business of the Kingdom of God? What need have we of one day different/distinct from all others? A fair point! What do you think?
Re: 'always being about the business of the Kingdom of God':
ReplyDeleteAs someone who loves the ocean, Meg's metaphor about "drifting in the current" during the week resonated with me. To take the analogy further than she intended...
Perhaps 'being reformed' during the week is equivalent to lining up my distant, swimming self with Mom's yellow umbrella on the beach. Though the point is the swimming, I have to keep reminding myself to stay on course, and tracking that umbrella.
Perhaps Sabbath is equivalent to my getting out of the water,and running back up the beach every now and then. (My 4'10", 65 # self can only do so much against the waves). The point is to get back where I belong with quite a bit less fatigue-- so I can plunge back in the waves in front of Mom.
Different activities for different times, serving the same, overall purpose.