Today was my first Sunday in a new ward, and we had a really good Elder’s quorum lesson on keeping the Sabbath day holy.\u00a0 This is an area of living the gospel that I really need to improve on, and I need to both stop doing things that aren’t appropriate for the Sabbath and start doing things that are.<\/p>\n
My question is this: in your opinion, is it breaking the Sabbath to work on a particular story that you’re writing?<\/p>\n
It’s not as spiritual as reading the scriptures or doing service, but it’s not as worldly as watching TV or playing Halo. It is an activity that requires creative thought, and I suppose that it does have the potential to draw you closer to the savior if you can see gospel principles in action in the story you’re telling.\u00a0 On the other hand, it can really distract if the story is full of bloodshed and craziness.<\/p>\n
I’m pretty liberal when it comes to Sabbath day worship, but I think I’ve been a little too loose in the past, and now I need to set up some personal guidelines to help preserve the spirit of the day. That’s why I’d appreciate the feedback.<\/p>\n
I know that everyone is going to have different ways of living this commandment, and that’s perfectly fine. What helps one person to keep the Sabbath holy may or may not help another person, and what distracts from one person may or may not distract from another (for example, I think I need to stop browsing my blog subscriptions on Sunday!)<\/p>\n
What I really need is some way of thinking about it.\u00a0 I really don’t know on what terms to consider this; why exactly it would or would not be considered a Sunday appropriate activity.\u00a0 That’s why I’d like to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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