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In(queering) Spirit: Reflections on love, justice and embodiment

I'm a lesbian, pastor, mom and athlete who believes our bodies have something to teach us about what G-d desires for us.

Is Sabbath Practice the most politically radical action that religious people offer?

3/4/2015

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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?"


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    Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel is a pastor, theologian and movement builder.  She is also a mom, partner, community-builder, biker, runner and swimmer.

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