I’ve decided to make Sunday my Sabbath, my day of rest. I think spirituality requires disconnection from the machinery of the world, from questions, from answers, from news, from  photos, videos, texts and words. I think the notion of a day of rest – practiced by Jews and Christians and, in different and very powerful ways, Muslims – is more important than ever. Judaism takes if farther than I wish to go, and to me,  the Christian and Jewish idea of a day of rest has been undermined by shopping, technology and media. Increasingly, our culture is making Sunday like any other day. But I need a day of contemplation, to gather myself, hear me think.

So I am disconnecting from technology on Sundays.(Maria does this on Saturdays).  One photo, perhaps.  Turning off computers, cell phones, Ipad and all devices, and listening to the messages from Maria, the animals, my books, my own head. I think this is essential to my spiritual life, my creativity and to being the kind of person I wish to be. So my Sabbath begins now. See you tomorrow.