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Buechner on Time

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Eternity is not endless time or the opposite of time. It is the essence of time. ... If you spin time fast enough, then time-past, time-present, and time-to-come all blend into a single timelessness or eternity, which is the essence of all times combined. ... Inhabitants of time that we are, we stand ... with one foot in eternity. God, as Isaiah says (57:15) "inhabits eternity" but stands with one foot in time. The part of time where he stands most particularly is Christ, and thus in Christ we catch a glimpse of what eternity is all about, what God is all about, and what we ourselves are all about too.   ~Frederick Buechner … [Read more...]

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Waiting!

Advent Reflection by Mary Earle @explorefaith … [Read more...]

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Pace of Change

Good stuff on Time and our culture to ponder! The Ten Year Century (from WSJ on-line Aug 10, 2009) … [Read more...]

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Sabbath Keeping 7

Jesus invites you to rest: Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Matt 11:28 How will you respond? … [Read more...]

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Sabbath Keeping 6

Jewish Sabbath Prayer: Days pass. Years vanish. And we walk sightless among miracles. Sabbath is a time of glorious reorientation! The Divine order and rhythm of our lives is reestablished. The scales on our eyes of faith fall off and our vision is restored. We are enabled to embrace infinity and all of the wonder and mystery it entails. The smallness of our world is replaced through our glimpsing of Infinity in all of its glory. We no longer walk sightless among miracles! … [Read more...]

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Sabbath Keeping 5

Abide in me as I abide in you (John 15:4a) We are now getting to the crux of the situation. Sabbath is about learning to abide with God and the first part of the verse from John enjoins us to ‘abide in Christ’. But the good news for us is spelled out in the second part of the sentence – ‘as I abide in you.’ What a wonderful reminder for us. You see God is ever present abiding in us, even when we are unaware of it! Marcus Borg expresses it this way: “God is in relationship with us: spirituality is about becoming aware of a relationship that already exists.” And Carl Jung: “Bidden or not God is present.” So if God is ever present, how do we often times end up feeling disconnected and far removed from the Divine presence? … [Read more...]