Screen-Free Sabbath Archives - 91短视频 News /now/news/tag/screen-free-sabbath/ News from the 91短视频 community. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:38:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Be “Screen-Free” for Sabbath /now/news/2012/live-screen-free-for-sabbath/ Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:51:56 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/news/?p=11404 It’s time to turn off the television, disconnect from Facebook, put away the cell phone and reconnect with YOU!

“,” sponsored by the 91短视频 (91短视频) student life division’s Sustain YOU! initiative, focuses on care of self and prioritizing a balanced life. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate as individuals or groups and be free of items that block you from Sabbath, a time of rest and renewal.

“‘Screen-free Sabbaths’ have allowed me to feel physically healthier, more productive and successful academically, and created space that has helped me grow in my spiritual life,” said Tim Heishman, a senior at 91短视频. “I am convinced that an overabundance of technology in a person鈥檚 life leads to impatience, irritability, stress, anxiety, a lack of productivity, and doesn鈥檛 allow for the solitude that is essential to a spiritual relationship with God.”

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