Orson Scott Card: Sabbath Day rules

"Saturday is a special day," says the Primary song. "It's the day we get ready for Sunday."

And then there's a list of tasks: Clean the house, shop at the store, brush your clothes, shine your shoes, trim your nails, shampoo your hair.

Thus Saturday becomes our "get-the-work-done day," so "we won't have to work until Monday" (words by Rita S. Robinson).

A friend from my BYU days told a group of us what happened her first Sunday in a new off-campus apartment. She was joining three roommates who had been together for a while, filling in for a fourth who had gotten married over the summer.

My friend moved in on a Saturday and fell into bed exhausted. Then, as she usually did, she got up on Sunday morning and showered and washed her long, long hair, so she would be fresh and clean when she went to church.

To her, that showed proper Sabbath respect. But her roommates were horrified.

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