Remember the Sabbath and treat it as holy. Most of us hear one more thing to get right. Hear it the way the people who first heard it did. They had been slaves in Egypt, worked without rest, valued only for what they produced. And the God who freed them says stop. One day in seven, stop. You are allowed.
Week two of The Good Life takes up the first four commandments, and they turn out not to be four separate rules but one love protected four ways: what we treasure, what we make, what we say, and how we spend our days. The list begins with the invisible posture of the heart and ends with something you can put on a calendar. Underneath all of it is a question. What has quietly taken first place, and can it hold the weight we are putting on it?
Worship at McPherson First on Sundays at 8:30 AM (hymns and organ) and 10:15 AM (praise team), or online at youtube.com/@mcphersonfirst. This Sunday also includes the Blessing of the Backpacks for students, teachers, and school staff.
