city and sabbath rest

Hello, this is Jude TW, just checking in after signing up. My current interests, after living the past 20 years in a barrio in LA, are questions of sustaining ourselves for the long haul, thus my articles on "Sabbath rest in a 24/7 city." So much of the spirituality literature focuses withdrawal. While I do believe in withdrawal from the city, jsut as Jesus went away from the crowds to lonely places to pray, I also want to see how God meets me on the concrete sidewalks.