God’s invitation to “call the Sabbath a delight” (Is. 58:13) is not a command to make-believe, like pretending quinoa is steak. It’s a call to delight in something delightful, rich, life-giving — something given to us for our blessing and refreshment, not as a trial. I hope that in the course of this book you will start to feel that delight.

Daniel Howe, Worship, Feasting, Rest, Mercy: The Christian Sabbath, 4.