Mormon Jews and Shabbat

I saw a friend last night who is a Russian Jew that converted to Mormonism. I asked him to go skiing with me on Sunday at Sundance. After his conversion, he changed his day of rest from Saturday to Sunday. I'm all for taking a day off, but I don’t understand why the specific day matters. When did we start making a specific day of the week so special? Well, I know when, but why is it still a thing?

I think weekends are great for changing up the scene of what you do. Some people want to not buy things on a day… great, don’t buy stuff. You want to not play in the snow and be inside… do it. But how can someone not be flexible about changing the day and time to do their thing? How about taking a break for a weekend and breaking your Shabbat or Sabbath? What are the actual outcomes or purposes of these traditions?

If anyone needs a good day of worship and relaxation, it's me after a week of 25 events, including concerts and 3am alien talk. So, I'll probably do that tomorrow after my spiritual time in the mountains with my wife, where we go to relax, eat, and talk. The best part of skiing at Sundance on Sunday is that you have the mountain to yourself, while all the local zealots are dressing up to go be seen by each other at windowless buildings of worship. I'm a zealot myself... I used to be zealous about the Sabbath too, until it fell apart for me when I realized that it was probably something strategic for a people who lived 4000 years ago.

I am down to follow guidance that has some sort of logic to it. So if any of you have some logic behind Shabbat or Sabbath that you can share in comments, I am open to learning. I want to be a zealot of the best practices humans have discovered.

SP

This is my type of worship