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In this conversation, author Kelsey Osgood explores the growing popularity of “digital Sabbaths” and why they often fail to provide real rest. Drawing on her own journey into religious observance, Osgood critiques the modern tendency to repurpose ancient rituals like Shabbat into tools for personal productivity, wellness, or tech detox. This DIY approach, she argues, unintentionally reinforces the very burnout it tries to relieve—because it still centers the self as the source of meaning.

True Shabbat, by contrast, is not curated for individual preference. It is a communal, covenantal act of obedience to God—a letting go of control and a recognition that the world will go on without us. Osgood shares stories from her own practice: the frantic Friday preparations, the silence of long afternoons, the difficulty of observing in isolation, and the deep transformation that comes with discipline and time.

She also addresses the tension of practicing Sabbath alone in a secular culture, the communal dimension of biblical commands, and the power of obligation in a society obsessed with authenticity. Far from a curated day of rest, Shabbat—when practiced faithfully—becomes a radical act of surrender, belonging, and identity not rooted in performance but in grace.

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Chapters:
0:00 Preparing for Shabbat
5:35 Discussing Kelsey's recent article
9:00 Two major problems with an individual "digital shabbat"
12:56 Narcissism disguised as self-care
14:19 Can individual Christians practice shabbat?
19:28 The discomfort of practicing Judaism
22:47 The benefits of practicing shabbat