Work and Rest
We think humans were created to work--that work is not a consequence of a broken world, but instead a way we bring God's kingdom to earth, as it is in heaven. We also recognize that work can be exploitative, frustrating, alienating, and impoverishing to our bodies and souls. At the abbey, we cultivate the land and its inhabitants' potential. We seek not to extract value but to add it, knowing that if we do, all will become richer. Both work and rest both give meaning to our lives. Through our labor, we work in the hope of the renewal of all things, and through our rest, we wield "a weapon against the oppression of man's obsession to control things" (Josh Garrels).
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