For most of my life my Sabbath was taken up by church attendance, meetings, and service for the church. By late 2019 I was exhausted by work and Sabbath work and frequently had Sunday migraines, meaning sometimes I'd go to church for an hour or skip altogether.

Now that I've stepped away from the corporate church, I have to determine what Sabbath is and means. I try to make it a different kind of day from others so I can go back into a work week ready for presence and people.

Today I honored God by making strawberry jam with berries straight from the farm. And now I'm wondering about taking it up and down the street to the neighbors.