Comments on: How to Guard Sabbath for Your Children http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Karen http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-66214 Karen Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:07:42 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-66214 Thank you so much, Jen. Creating this kind of space in our lifestyle and family pace is part of hospitality...making it easy to hang out with people beginning with my husband & children and extending out to friends, unbelievers, etc. It requires intention and effort to preserve that open-ended available time. Thank you so much, Jen. Creating this kind of space in our lifestyle and family pace is part of hospitality...making it easy to hang out with people beginning with my husband & children and extending out to friends, unbelievers, etc. It requires intention and effort to preserve that open-ended available time.

]]> By: The Saturday Assortment | More Grace http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-60828 The Saturday Assortment | More Grace Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:56:08 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-60828 [...] How to Guard Sabbath for Your Children: Because time is our most limited resource, how we allocate it reveals much about our hearts. A “Family Equipping” article at its best! Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like this. Posted in Children's Ministry, Family, Leadership, Life | Tagged Discipline, Family Equipping, leadership, life, Motivation, Story, The Saturday Assortment [...] [...] How to Guard Sabbath for Your Children: Because time is our most limited resource, how we allocate it reveals much about our hearts. A “Family Equipping” article at its best! Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like this. Posted in Children's Ministry, Family, Leadership, Life | Tagged Discipline, Family Equipping, leadership, life, Motivation, Story, The Saturday Assortment [...]

]]> By: Friday Bag #22 | jonathancliff.com http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-60631 Friday Bag #22 | jonathancliff.com Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:02:00 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-60631 [...] How to Guard Sabbath for your Children - “Children don’t set the calendar in our homes—if they are overscheduled or sleep-deprived, the fault lies with us. How can we better discharge our duty of raising children to seek Sabbath? To value down-time to reconnect with God and family?” // This is so, so, so good to read as a parent. Make the time to at the very least read this first link! [...] [...] How to Guard Sabbath for your Children - “Children don’t set the calendar in our homes—if they are overscheduled or sleep-deprived, the fault lies with us. How can we better discharge our duty of raising children to seek Sabbath? To value down-time to reconnect with God and family?” // This is so, so, so good to read as a parent. Make the time to at the very least read this first link! [...]

]]> By: Informed- Issue #10 | http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-57956 Informed- Issue #10 | Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:01:06 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-57956 [...] [Note: This article was written by Jen Wilkin and appeared at The Gospel Coalition] [...] [...] [Note: This article was written by Jen Wilkin and appeared at The Gospel Coalition] [...]

]]> By: A Resolution for Rest | LCS | Private Christian School in Lakeland, FL http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-56593 A Resolution for Rest | LCS | Private Christian School in Lakeland, FL Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:24:30 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-56593 [...] How to Guard Sabbath for your Children, Gospel Coalition [...] [...] How to Guard Sabbath for your Children, Gospel Coalition [...]

]]> By: A La Carte (12.18.12) | familylifeatccc http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-53329 A La Carte (12.18.12) | familylifeatccc Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:32:22 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-53329 [...] How to Guard Sabbath for Your Children: “Children don’t set the calendar in our homes—if they are overscheduled or sleep-deprived, the fault lies with us. How can we better discharge our duty of raising children to seek Sabbath? To value down-time to reconnect with God and family?” [...] [...] How to Guard Sabbath for Your Children: “Children don’t set the calendar in our homes—if they are overscheduled or sleep-deprived, the fault lies with us. How can we better discharge our duty of raising children to seek Sabbath? To value down-time to reconnect with God and family?” [...]

]]> By: thumb licks [12.17.12] | spreading the fame http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-52576 thumb licks [12.17.12] | spreading the fame Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:01:46 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-52576 [...] How to guard the Sabbath for your children? [...] [...] How to guard the Sabbath for your children? [...]

]]> By: Delina http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-52122 Delina Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:34:32 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-52122 Lamar and John, Thank you both for your voice on this topic. I believe that in practice, Jen's practices and writings are motivated by the Spirit. But this American Christian culture has so conflated the words of the law with life in the Spirit that the use of the word "Sabbath" was the most biblical-sounding way to broach the topic. I agree with everything she says about scheduling, finding time to fellowship as a family and with other believers, worship, rest, rhythm, etc. All of those are excellent concepts and vitally important to our lives. No need to bring Jewish law into it. Lamar and John,
Thank you both for your voice on this topic. I believe that in practice, Jen's practices and writings are motivated by the Spirit. But this American Christian culture has so conflated the words of the law with life in the Spirit that the use of the word "Sabbath" was the most biblical-sounding way to broach the topic.
I agree with everything she says about scheduling, finding time to fellowship as a family and with other believers, worship, rest, rhythm, etc. All of those are excellent concepts and vitally important to our lives. No need to bring Jewish law into it.

]]> By: Guarding Sabbath Rest for Children http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-50530 Guarding Sabbath Rest for Children Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:28:23 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-50530 [...] on the Sabbath Rest & Business theme I read another pretty fantastic post entitled How to Guard Sabbath For Your Children. You can read the entire post and you should at that link, but I wanted to share with you the list [...] [...] on the Sabbath Rest & Business theme I read another pretty fantastic post entitled How to Guard Sabbath For Your Children. You can read the entire post and you should at that link, but I wanted to share with you the list [...]

]]> By: Clark http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/12/04/how-to-guard-sabbath-for-your-children/#comment-49921 Clark Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:49:57 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=25944#comment-49921 Does it sabotage weekend downtime or worship? Does it sabotage family dinners? I want to be a parent that encourages my child in her activities, and to attend those things as a show of support. But have you ever watched the biographies of Olympic athletes? Some parents get up at 4 am and drive an hour each way so little Timmy can practice ice skating 7 days a week - at age 8. Families move to different towns and parents change careers so that a 12 year old can be in an Olympic size pool 3 hours a day. Any thoughts on those people? Does it sabotage weekend downtime or worship?
Does it sabotage family dinners?

I want to be a parent that encourages my child in her activities, and to attend those things as a show of support. But have you ever watched the biographies of Olympic athletes? Some parents get up at 4 am and drive an hour each way so little Timmy can practice ice skating 7 days a week - at age 8. Families move to different towns and parents change careers so that a 12 year old can be in an Olympic size pool 3 hours a day. Any thoughts on those people?

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