Let our rest be a resurrection. Let the veils be lifted so we can feel, see, taste, and smell the power of our rested selves.

Rest isn’t a luxury, but an absolute necessity if we’re going to survive and thrive. Rest isn’t an afterthought, but a basic part of being human. Rest is a divine right. Rest is a human right.

Because we are in a constant state of unraveling from the lies and socialization of grind culture, we must be intentional about reimagining what we believe rest is and can be for our lives.

I’ve found it helpful to think about parts of my life as cycles or spirals instead of a single, often meandering path.

The legacy of brutality surrounding labor, sustenance, and survival for those enslaved on plantations and their descendants is striking…

When I think about the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, chattel slavery, and plantation labor, I am stunned by how much we have chosen to forget that capitalism was built from these systems.

Rest is resistance because it is a counternarrative to the script of capitalism and white supremacy for all people.

Holiness is within us; wholeness is around us.

Rest is not a luxury, a privilege, or a bonus we must wait for once we are burned out.

Our liberation is deeply connected to the portal of healing we can tap into when we rest. Wherever our bodies are, we can find rest, ease, and liberation.

Later, poets would tell of stars, shepherds, and seers, songs of angels…

Where do you keep your love? Invite love in.

The winter holidays are beautiful and celebratory; they’re also hard and complicated.

Embrace knowing that you have been manipulated and scammed by a violent system as powerful evidence. Now with this knowledge you can grieve, repair, rest, and heal.

Resting as a form of resistance will be part of a lifelong unraveling. A mind shift, a slow and consistent practice filled with grace. We must imagine a new way, and rest is the foundation for this invention.

Rest is a healing portal to our deepest selves. Rest is care. Rest is radical.… Rest is a form of resistance because it disrupts and pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy.

May we recognize that our gardens and our lives can grow abundantly, even when we don’t understand how.

There are many ways to connect.

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” This quotation is often attributed to Edward Everett Hale, but WorshipWeb could find no evidence for this.

Our true wealth is the welfare of all beings and the planet that we all call home.