Posts tagged “Rest”
Unwind or rewind
Picture it’s the end of a long day. In addition to being a long day, it has also been a long week. You have…
People of peace and rest
Consider this line from Psalm 116:7: “Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.” What does it look…
Leave me alone! (No, don’t)
Recently I took time off from work and personal obligations for a weekend away. I needed some quiet time to relax. During my stay,…
The wisdom of margin
You can learn a lot from a piece of notebook paper. Just think of those little red lines near the left-hand side, the ones…
Lose the messiah complex
You will never be able to set wise boundaries with technology until you reject your messiah complex. Ever heard that term? A messiah complex…
Run (don’t sprint) your race
About a decade ago, I tried to qualify for the Boston Marathon. There was just one problem—I wasn’t qualified to qualify for the Boston…
Jesus will get you to the finish
Years ago I made the foolish decision to try to run a marathon way faster than I was trained to run. For the final…
Rest before work
“For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on…
The path to burnout
People burn out by following a predictable path. First, we compromise. We know enough about the human body to realize what we should do,…
Schedule with the gospel
One of the reasons that so many Christians are stressed, overwhelmed, and weary is because we pack our schedules with too many things. And…
The surprising schedule of Jesus Christ
I reached out to a seminary professor to ask about Jesus’ schedule. I had been pondering the issue of work and rest in the…
Balance in a burnout culture
Our modern, American, Christian culture sets you up to burn you out. First, a modern culture is disconnected from the natural rhythms that guided…