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Over the years the Lord's Day and "sabbath rest" issue has been bantered about. Or perhaps, it has not been bantered about enough. What has been missing in some of the discussions, if it has been discussed at all, is the significance of "feasting" and/or "celebration". As Douglas Wilson has mentioned on his
blog about sabbath celebration: "
This is distinct from sabbath observance, if observance is merely defined as nothing more than having scruples about what you can and cannot do on the Lord's Day. But learning how to call the sabbath a delight ought not to be a chore. The Lord's Day really is a day of rest, worship, and joy, which was evident in the NT as well as the OT." Perhaps it is time to recapture the true meaning of sabbath feasting and celebration. There are a couple of cookbooks/sites that center around (and help you prepare) for this feasting and celebrating. Marlin and Laurie Detweiler (of Veritas fame) have started a web business with the promotion of sabbath living in mind. You can check out what they have to offer
here. Also Luke and Liz Jankovic have edited a
cookbook, Hot Providence: Celebrating Sabbath Living that not only has recipes but articles to help you with getting started to making the sabbath a delightful celebration.