Traditions to break or create
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Cafe group: Sabbath
July 2019 Slowing down, for Sabbath's Sake by J. Dana Trent The author of "For Sabbath’s Sake: Embracing Your Need for Rest, Worship, and Community" shares ways we can find balance through sabbath. Read more Faith reflections: Running from rest by Elyssa Salinas...
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Running from rest
by Elyssa Salinas Lazarski When I was in college, my parents got divorced. I remember running away from everything that could remind me that my world was breaking apart. Overcommitting myself with school and social life was just another way to stay too busy to think...
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Slowing down for sabbath’s sake
by J. Dana Trent I am a migraineur, a fancy term for people who sometimes feel as though ice picks are being driven into their brains. Nearly 38 million Americans suffer from migraines, creating a multibillion-dollar industry to treat them. My migraines can be caused...
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