Have you ever heard the expression, “you don’t want to build a lifestyle that you’re spending all your time trying to escape from”? Sometimes the problem isn’t the lifestyle, but the management of the lifestyle. That is, you might necessarily have a stressful career or vocation, but that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve times of…

In addition to writing about finding rest for your mind (click here) and finding rest for your feelings (click here), it’s important to next discuss rest for your relationships. After all, our relationships might be some of the most restful or least restful components of our lives! And restfulness in relationships contributes to restfulness in…

Feelings can really wear you out! An emotion such as anxiety can create sensory sensitivity or muscle tension. Anger can cause wear-and-tear on your jaws, heart, and spine. Sadness can lead to physical, social, and relational apathy. Even having a lot of feelings about your faith can produce a type of “holy restlessness” or confusion.…

You know the struggle and what it’s like to have: a racing mind…lack of focus…obsessions…intrusive thoughts…or…worry. You’ve experienced the battle to try to reroute negative thinking and may be already familiar with the Biblical command to “take your thoughts captive.” The purpose of this article is to help you continue your helpful pursuits in resting…

Media is always promoting something you can buy or do to help you rest. Ranging from upright activities such as good-natured movies, interesting books, and healthy exercise to dangerous self-medication with drugs and other forms of bodily harm, there are many promoted solutions from the world for resting an exhausted body. So, out of the…

Have you ever wondered about the meaning of the phrase: rest in the Lord? Your spirit is your inner life in relation to God and it can be either a rested or an unrested spirit. Two 1924 Olympians, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, provide a good contrasting example. Harold Abrahams was said to be weary…

In part 1 of a series of articles on the topic of rest (ceasing and recovering from labor), the fresh idea was introduced that a) rest isn’t well understood in the modern day and b) modern-day rest doesn’t have obvious methods or results. In other words, you could be desiring or even pursuing rest for…

Naps…Netflix…Nourishment…Nature. These are just a few of the many options you have when it comes to resting from work or school or busyness. But, just because you have numerous ideas to choose from doesn’t mean you’re experiencing the true benefits of rest. Have you discovered and named what rest could optimally look like for you?…

Exercise. Do you feel the pressure to over-exercise in order to achieve society’s vision of a perfect body or to experience euphoria? Or do you under-exercise and end up sitting so long in front of a screen that your body begins to be shaped more like your chair or bed than a durable human? What…

Each Saturday this summer, I will be posting a very short article for students, for parents of students of any age, and for anyone who disciples the next generation. There is cultural pressure for the summer season to be a time for students to relax and depart from routine. Yet, not only is it unbiblical…