What does it truly mean to “keep the Sabbath"?

Well, okay, let me rephrase this. God rested on the seventh day, which would technically be Saturday (not that I don’t think they had all the names of the days of the week figured out by then, but that’s sooo besides the point…). Most of Christendom (unless one goes to a Seventh Day Adventist church) claims Sunday as the rest day of the week.

I come from a home where anything secular was not allowed to be viewed/played/done, with the exception of the football/baseball/basketball games. (Yes, I know, that seems rather hypocritical, doesn’t it?) I know that before my time - say, mid twentieth century - stores would roll up their sidewalks on Sundays and the whole town would pretty much shut down to honor this “day of rest.” Nowadays, though, Sunday is just a regular day for a majority of individuals and companies. I still get frowned at sometimes by my parents for doing certain things (like going to see a movie or listening to “hard” music) on Sundays, so I must ask: how do we actually rest on the day of rest?

P.S. Sink Girl, Poet Woman… now I’m busting out with the parentheses all the time. I s’pose I shouldn’t set myself up for this, but maybe I can add “Parentheses Chick” to that cadre of “cute” nicknames. (Note the the quotes around the word cute - awww, geez, I’m doin’ it again…!)

P.P.S. I must have this thing for royalty: Sarah means “princess” and Rhesa means “prince.” (Thank you, Hannah, for pointing that out!)