Nazarene nap?

[footprints1973]

Does anyone know where this term came from? I've seen it mentioned on other forums/ elsewhere on the internet. Is it basically a term of endearment meaning we should take at least part of the Sabbath to relax?

If so, that is one "rule" I totally support!

I attend a Methodist church, but I was just wondering because I do ocassionally attend a Church of the Nazarene where some of my friends are members. They've never heard the term!

Thanks,
Laura

 

[Redheadedstepchild]

Dunno, but it sounds good to me!

 

[Speculative]

The phrase, "Nazarene nap" was coined by a pastor who preached, ate lunch, and then took a long nap every Sunday!

source

 

[footprints1973]

Thanks!

I took a Nazarene nap after attending a UMC service today. Actually, I usually do this, is my 2 year old will let me ( I take a nap when and if she does).



Laura

 

[cristianna]

I love it!

 

[vicarius]

Does anyone know where this term came from? I've seen it mentioned on other forums/ elsewhere on the internet. Is it basically a term of endearment meaning we should take at least part of the Sabbath to relax?

If so, that is one "rule" I totally support!

I attend a Methodist church, but I was just wondering because I do ocassionally attend a Church of the Nazarene where some of my friends are members. They've never heard the term!

Thanks,
Laura

Ah! the Nazarene Nap. I don't hear that term much anymore. Back when most churches had both morning and evening worship services on Sunday, we would take a nap after the noon meal. When we got back to church in the evening, and started talking about our afternoon, it seemed that pretty much every family we knew had taken a nap on Sunday, so we jokingly called it the "Nazarene Nap."

Rest on the sabbath, may have been a common theme, but while the kids tended to crash pretty much anywhere in the house, Mom and Dads room was usually off limits, and the door was locked. So, depending on who you are asking, "Nazarene Nap" might be a euphemism for something else.

 

[desert_island_1]

The Nazarene Nap is a good thing. I personally take one on most Sundays and the occasional one on other days (today for example, I was talking with my friend Caleb at his house, decided to lay down and was still talking to him. He got up to go to the bathroom and I fell asleep). It is part of the rest on the Sabbath and partially the whole having 2 services in Sunday thing.

Kristy

 

[Kristen.NewCreation]

I've never heard that one. I'll have to ask my sunday school class... I'm in the single ladies class... I'm the youngest, and the oldest member is like 85 or so... I've lost track now.

However, when I went to the SDA church, we had Sabbath afternoon "lay activities" which was the afternoon nap, and "lay activities" was a term for the activities that laymen were to do, like personal evangelism, etc. It always sounded like we were working you know.

 

[Concetta]

With two young, very active sons, I am all for any nap

 

[ParaCristo]

I know all about the Nazarene Nap...
hehe