God responds to the failure to keep the Sabbath with a vehemence appropriate for idolatry. There's obviously something serious here. We are created in the image of the God who rested on the seventh day. Woven into our humanity, and into our stewardship of the earth, is the need to rest. Encouraged by President Eaton, SPU students, faculty, deans and administrators have explored many dimensions of the Sabbath that are pertinent for us today.
Time is like manna.
God will give us enough for today, but only one day at a time. One reason why our efforts at time management are so chronically frustrating is because time is fundamentally outside our control. We don't know the length of our life, let alone the events of the next moment. Keeping the Sabbath is similar to tithing. We give away more time than we can afford to, but in so doing, all of our time is consecrated to God's service.