Nov 23 2008
Sunday – a Day for Reverence?
Sunday. Although I certainly don’t “obey” the Sabbath, I do a lot less work on Sundays. And it’s not just to make time for football (go Patriots!).
I wonder if setting aside some time each week for activities that may help us pull back from every day concerns (mundane?) to see a “bigger picture” (whether that be of nature, the cosmos, family, community, the world…) is a healthy thing, a genuinely good thing. I would guess it is or at least could be for a majority of people.
Secular rituals are hard to come by, and that is some of the appeal of religion, I imagine. I approach my daily stroll around our yard, camera in hand, a bit of a ritualistically. But I certainly wouldn’t prescribe it for everyone. Or insist that your life is hell or will end in hell if you don’t do as I do.
If Sunday is a good day for something, as a serious non-theist I wouldn’t call it “reverence.” That word has too much old-time “thou art subordinate” connotations.
Is it instead a good day for shedding some of our egocentrism?
