Would that be heaven where all things come to rest?

Did you know there is a Nap Bishop? I started following Tricia Hersey and her Nap Ministry on social media several years ago. She is a womanist theologian and activist who preaches rest as resistance. She writes “poetry, like rest comes from the silent place of our listening. Poetry, like rest opens up corners of the unknown while guiding effortlessly.”

Like Jesus who rests while grieving John the Baptist's death at the hands of the Roman Empire, Tricia Hersey’s call to rest stems from her own exhaustion from work that exploits and grief over lives lost at the hands of those in authority. Her response to the weight of the world and the crush of oppressive systems is to remind people that there is no need to earn rest. You can simply lay down on one of her art installations, or your own couch, or a hosted nap session where a guide shares contemplative poetry.