HC asks: How would you describe time? In Groundhog Day Phil Connors relives the same 24 hours continually, providing him limitless opportunities to correct his mistakes and live out the perfect day. It's a tantalizing fantasy, an opportunity not to act without consequence but to select precisely those consequences we desire while removing any possibility of regret. While our spinning planet and its cyclical orbit give our lives a semblance of repetition, we can only experience each moment once. Effects follow causes; … [Read more...] about Science Reader Question: Time and Forgiveness
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“In the Fullness of Time” – An Advent Devotional on the theology of time
Advent is a time of both beginning and anticipation. In human history, we have always tracked time from the perspective of the beginnings which define a person, a culture or a nation. We celebrate our birthdays and anniversaries as beginnings: the beginning of life, the beginning of life together. In the Old Testament, Israel orients their calendar year, really their time, around their defining event, the Exodus. In our modern period, we in the United States, though we follow the standard Western calendar, still orient … [Read more...] about “In the Fullness of Time” – An Advent Devotional on the theology of time
Lent: Frames of Reference and a Global Perspective (Scholar’s Compass)
Anthropologist Kevin Birth explores what it means to have a global perspective on the church calendar. Estamos en el sur y como estamos en tiempos de recuperar nuestra identidad, el Gobierno boliviano está recuperando nuestro Sarawi, de acuerdo a nuestro Sarawi, que significa camino, de acuerdo con nuestro Ñan, en quechua, nuestros relojes deberÃan girar a la izquierda. Translation: We are in the south and since we are in times of recovering our identity, the Bolivian Government is recovering our Sarawi, and … [Read more...] about Lent: Frames of Reference and a Global Perspective (Scholar’s Compass)
Scholar’s Compass: Lent and Easter’s Timing
The time when Easter is ordained to take place is, like the Paschal celebrations as a whole, redolent with sacred mystery. In the first place, we are careful to wait until after the equinox to celebrate the Lord's Passover . . . so that the feast-day on which the Mediator between God and man, having destroyed the power of darkness, opened the way of light for the world, might show its inner [significance] by means of the order of time. -- Bede, 0 (trans. Faith Wallis) Reflection It was a revelation to one of my … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Lent and Easter’s Timing
Devotions: Wisdom – Timing
"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith." (Galatians 6:9, 10) Christ is risen! He has risen indeed! Timing is sometimes everything in sharing your faith with others. The word "opportunity" in Galatians 6:10 is a special Greek word--kairos. It refers to the "right time" for something to happen or take place. It means we wait for the "right … [Read more...] about Devotions: Wisdom – Timing