Week Three

17 Prepare a Meal With a Neighbor

Invite a neighbor or friend to share in creating a meal that you love. Maybe an old family recipe, or a new one that you find together. Notice what it’s like to co-create this meal together, and give thanks to God for the gift of this food that you will share.

Delightful Sounds

Play a piece of music that inspires you. Allow yourself to delight in the experience of listening.

May your delight connect you with those who helped you enjoy this music today.

May it connect you with unknown or known others who have also been inspired and delighted by this music.

May it draw you close to God.

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Worship After Worship

As you worship this week, think of worship as a dress rehearsal for the rest of the week.

In our organized worship we hear and rehearse, and are invited to

As you go into the rest of your week, how might you bring worship into the other aspects and activities of your life? How are creation and redemption flowing through your week beyond worship?

*Norman Wirzba, Living the Sabbath, Brazos Press, 2006, p.164.

20 Work and the Earth

The first work humans were given was to till and keep the garden (Gen 2:15). Today as you work (in whatever ways you labor, paid or unpaid), notice how your work is connected to and dependent upon creation. Take a moment to give thanks for what the earth is giving you and how it’s enabling your work. Consider how your work serves and keeps God’s creation. In what ways might your work help the earth rest?

21 Give Where You Live

Connect with neighbors and help the land rest together by participating in a local gift economy. In groups such as these, people give and receive out of the abundance that already is in your neighborhood. Find a local group on social media or at buynothingproject.org.

22 Ground Yourself

Creation restores us. Go outside near your home or workplace, and breathe the fresh air. If it’s not too cold, take off your shoes and feel the earth or grass beneath your feet. Use your hands to touch a rock or a tree. Let energy pass between you. Feel your connection to the earth and specifically to this parcel of land on which you spend much time. Give thanks for the land that sustains us. Give thanks to God who created and is creating.

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Local Land Sabbath

Humans are dependent on the land. The land needs sabbath as much as we do, yet the land is often treated as a commodity, rather than a partner in our joint flourishing. Look at sustainableprinceton.org or search for your local sustainability efforts, and choose a way to take action. What is one step you can take to let both you and the land on which you dwell and depend rest, flourish, and be restored. 24