Enter in; take and eat; receive rest

Eugune Petersen, in Modern Reformation, Jan/Feb 2007, pg 35

"I have tried to take each major area of our lives - creation, salvation, and the community and... each section comes into a focus in something we do: creation comes into focus in Sabbath-keeping, salvation comes into focus in the eucharist, and community comes into focus in baptism. So, none of these things is left to be just ideas. They all end up doing something. But they aren't doing seomthing that you're in control of; there's something that you have to enter into. When Americans start talking about doing something, they're usually talking about pragmatics: how do I do it? Well, there's no "way" to keep the Sabbath - you have to enter into something larger than you; there's no "way" to receive holy Communion - you just take what's given to you; there'e no "way" to be baptized - you have to let somebody else do it to you; so, it requires our participation, but is doesn't permit our taking charge."