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MEMBER BLOG TAG: 12 steps

Friday, March 27, 2009 1:58PM
 
Ordinary Time
Tags: ordinary time, church year, seasons, 12 steps
 

I've been thinking about the quality of time, and what the constantly shifting seasonal cycles mean in my life. I heard the term "Ordinary Time" mentioned by the Rector at my church recently, and it reminded me how much I've always liked that phrase. Ordinary time -- plain time, time without end, simple time. I envision it as a calm sort of place. (And yes, 'place' is the word I mean, since I tend to think of time and space as essentially the same thing.) To me, Ordinary Time sounds more like the undefinable time of God's eternity, than the...
 
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