tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post112234564579110383..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: A Prayer For Good and Useful LaborUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1122706279511620772005-07-29T23:51:00.000-07:002005-07-29T23:51:00.000-07:00I want to offer thanksgiving, that my friend skitt...I want to offer thanksgiving, that my friend skittles (the one I corrupted to Episcopalian, from Lutheran, LC *g*), also groaning under the burden of <B>unemployment in Michigan</B>, has just today obtained <B>full-time employment</B> (in basically the best job she could possibly hope for . . . and still close-by to <B>me!</B> :-D)<BR/><BR/><I>Alleluia!</I><BR/><BR/>[I welcome---nay, <B>plead!</B>---everyone to pray that I find a job . . . a <I>job that hires me</I>, that is!]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1122477481863797712005-07-27T08:18:00.000-07:002005-07-27T08:18:00.000-07:00Yes, Marva Dawn's book is "Keeping the Sabbath Who...Yes, Marva Dawn's book is "Keeping the Sabbath Wholly." It's quite good -- although, as in all her books, she sort of plows one under with all the analysis and re-analysis and quotes.<BR/><BR/>I think sabbath is way overlooked in Christian theology: And I'm not sure that we're right in transferring thinking about Sabbath to Sunday, but that awaits another thread!<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>DDwight P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15849665963994688905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1122418037280524992005-07-26T15:47:00.000-07:002005-07-26T15:47:00.000-07:00Dwight: Good points. (And hello!)(This is why I l...Dwight: Good points. (And hello!)<BR/><BR/>(This is why I love the Internet; it makes you get smarter.)<BR/><BR/>There is a book out there called, I think, <I>The Joy of Not Working</I> -- I think it was in the Alternatives catalog. The gist of it, according to the description, is encouraging people to use whatever down times they have from work, for whatever reason -- unemployment, retirement, lifestyle downscaling, maternity/paternity leave -- as opportunities for spiritual/personal growth. I can't vouch for the content since I haven't read it myself, but it might be a helpful read for persons in these situations.<BR/><BR/>And -- didn't Marva Dawn address the idea of sabbath in at least one of her books?<BR/><BR/>Anyhow...that would indeed be a good addition to the prayer -- a prayer that persons may find God's presence, rest, peace, growth, insight, relationship and other good things in the context of their "down" time.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1122384102409722332005-07-26T06:21:00.000-07:002005-07-26T06:21:00.000-07:00These are petitions to which the people of God may...These are petitions to which the people of God may say "Amen" (something that should always be of concern to those of us who craft petitions for public prayer). My only "tweaking" would be this: You pray that God is "always at work." That seems (but doesn't necessarily) to ignore that on the Seventh Day, God rests/rested. <BR/><BR/>I think sabbath is a part of the opus dei, so I recommend that when people are zealous on the issue of vocations and work, they not forget that. <BR/><BR/>I also recognize that this is ancillary to what you express concern about. "Sabbath" is not the equivalent of unemployment or underemployment of misemployment. Still, there may be something to a spiritual discipline that sees in such misfortune an opportunity for Sabbath.<BR/><BR/>What do you think?<BR/><BR/>DwightDwight P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15849665963994688905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1122375717705368792005-07-26T04:01:00.000-07:002005-07-26T04:01:00.000-07:00This is just my own take on the prayer we pray eve...This is just my own take on the prayer we pray every week at my church. I was so proud of our pastor -- he and a couple other clergypeople from mainline churches got involved in one of those "day of prayer" events in one community...the kind that are heavily front-loaded with conservative evangelicals, that sometimes wind up becoming bully pulpits for chronically angry folks eager to inveigh against "sinners" and pat themselves on the back for being such fine, upstanding Christian folks...and the focus of this event was shifted to the very real problem of un- and underemployment in the area.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1122356078132095452005-07-25T22:34:00.000-07:002005-07-25T22:34:00.000-07:00AMEN!!!AMEN!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com