I want my children to know how to work hard. I also want them to know that hard work doesn’t define them. The stories we hear when we’re young stay with us. They define us, tell us who we are. For ...

How God’s grace turned my strict views upside down. I grew up in a Sabbatarian religion where we practiced Sabbath observance as a matter of law. My religious community was conscious of the minute ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “Sabbath?” Writing as a Christian, I have some very complicated feelings about this word. It is such a churchy word. Maybe some of you have it all figured ...

Two weeks ago I began answering a question sent in by a reader about which day we should set aside for worship. The first column was a list of Scriptural observations that points to the fact that ...

My friend and his wife were driving in the car talking about how their kids were learning the Ten Commandments at church. They wondered whether or not they too could recite the commandments off the ...

The concept of the Sabbath began at the beginning of time. God gave his people an example to follow: "On the sixth day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all ...

When I asked you, dear readers, in a recent column to share with me the ways you honor the Sabbath Day, I was anticipating a flood of responses from orthodox Jewish readers. I was therefore surprised ...

(RNS) — We must provide support and make space for kids to rest. In my family, this has involved recommitting to a weekly Sabbath observance. (RNS) — When I was in ninth grade, I developed a consuming ...

AS the month of August winds down, the rush of life seems to return with full force. Parents are caught in the back-to-school scramble, offices shift back into high gear, and the rhythm of summer ...

Dear Rabbi Gellman: What, precisely, did God do on the seventh day? I like to rest, too, but staring at an empty computer screen all day gets old, at least for me. I am curious. Thank you. — J in Cary ...