Tag: rest

Time to celebrate?  Another Sabbath factor

Something struck me from Graham Alexander’s comments after Bradford City got promoted.  He was asked if it would be down to business for the next season on the following Monday.  He said that no,  the players would enjoy the civic celebrations, have a short holiday together.and observe the fire memorial. Then it would be back… Continue reading Time to celebrate?  Another Sabbath factor

Gaining life – a lesson from Eddie Stobart

I hadn’t realised until reading an obituary that whilst Eddie Stobart was the founder of the business empire bearing his name, it was in fact his son who was the driven business entrepreneur who built up the haulage company and turned it into a household name. Eddie Stobart clearly was passionate, there were things that… Continue reading Gaining life – a lesson from Eddie Stobart

Keir Stamina?

One of the most ridiculous non-stories of the UK General Election campaign so far has been the attempt to focus on individual politicians’ (specifically Keir Starmer) physical stamina.  The Tories have been trying to argue that the Labour Leader isn’t up to the hard slog of a six week campaign because of his age.  Some… Continue reading Keir Stamina?

The pastor’s role and the Christian Sabbath

I’ve been handling a couple of recurring themes over the past few weeks. First there has been the question of the Christian Sabbath and then there has been the question of whether or not pastors have jobs, whether they work or whether their role is leisure. The two issues dovetail neatly into another question that… Continue reading The pastor’s role and the Christian Sabbath

If Sabbath is a creation ordinance, then…

I recently argued that one of the reasons why we should continue to keep a sabbath holy is because it is a creation ordinance.  In other words, our relationship to Sabbath is based not just on the laws given in Exodus- Deuteronomy but relates to something given by God at creation.  “The Sabbath was made… Continue reading If Sabbath is a creation ordinance, then…

Is the Christian Sabbath unBiblical?

I’ve written a little about Sunday and Sabbath recently.  I don’t seem to be the only one talking about the subject.  This article takes a different position to me, arguing that Christians are not under an obligation to observe Sunday as Sabbath.  Like the author, Luke Plant, I don’t think that the question is of… Continue reading Is the Christian Sabbath unBiblical?

The secret to good sleep

When we were going through a particularly challenging period, I remember an older pastor asking me “Are you able to sleep through the night.”  Insomnia is of course a significant emotional health warning and many of us will have at different times struggled with it, finding ourselves unable to drift off or alternatively being suddenly… Continue reading The secret to good sleep

Day Seven

The Old Testament Law rooted its command to set apart the seventh day as a sabbath in the creation account. Read Genesis 2:1-3 God has created the world, he has formed it and filled it. He has named things and ordered them. H has blessed his creation.  Now, having blessed his creation, he blesses time,… Continue reading Day Seven

If you want to look after your pastor, just let him have a normal weekend off!

I’ve just read one of those Twitter threads which outlines how churches should look after the pastors.  This current one talks about things like using paying the pastor a decent wage, paying for any counselling they need, letting them have marriage enrichment weekends, praying for them, giving them sabbaticals and also giving then a “sabbath… Continue reading If you want to look after your pastor, just let him have a normal weekend off!