In a gentle, concise style, Baab (A Renewed Spirituality) recommends a weekly day of rest as a gift from God that teaches Christians about grace. Although rules and puritanical solemnity have ...

Keeping the Sabbath isn't optional, at least not in God's book. But observing the day of rest prescribed in the 10 Commandments can be more difficult for busy families than honoring their parents or ...

As I drive into town, I glance at Boreas Pass as it bisects a mountain. I’m checking the progress of the Aspen, gaging when it will be time to make my fourth annual drive beneath the canopy of gold ...

JUDY VALENTE, correspondent: There was a time in America when Sundays meant a day for worship, for leisure, for spending time with family and friends. But that was before the advent of round-the-clock ...

The concept of a seven-day week goes back several millennia, and in Judaism, the seventh day of the week was designated as the Sabbath. This was based on the book of Genesis where, over six days, God ...

Many people observe the Sabbath by attending a worship service and continue to obey the fourth commandment by relaxing and taking time away from work the rest of the day. But for clergy, whose busiest ...

I used to think resting from work was selfish, until I considered the example of Jesus. Flannery O’Connor has this little throwaway line where she speaks of a priest who is “unimaginative and ...

After reading Judith Shulevitz’s searching book, I wanted to tell her the best Sabbath story I know. During his first week at the Jewish Theological Seminary, a rabbinical student entered an elevator, ...

Americans have difficulty doing nothing. That probably is a legacy from our ancestors, who wouldn't have settled North America so quickly if they'd embraced the idea of spending some time doing ...

A new national survey conducted for the Deseret News finds that Americans don’t pay as much attention to the Sabbath as we used to. Excerpt: Half of U.S. adults today (50 percent) say the Sabbath has ...