As I engage in different justice work-- on questions of LGBT equity, racial justice and equity, economic and ecological justice and others-- I find myself wondering what religious communities can add. In other words, what is the particular gift of a multifaith movement for justice? While I'm sure there are a multiplicity of answers to this question, one refuses to let me go: practicing Sabbath. When I say Sabbath practice, I think of that holistically-- rest, worship, prayer, community, food, healthy sexuality, slowed pace.
How much of the injustice and systemic oppression we face is rooted in a twisted capitalistic understanding of production and profit? What difference would it make if we practiced Sabbath economics-- orienting toward the values of Sabbath-- as our protest and "theory of change?"
How much of the injustice and systemic oppression we face is rooted in a twisted capitalistic understanding of production and profit? What difference would it make if we practiced Sabbath economics-- orienting toward the values of Sabbath-- as our protest and "theory of change?"
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