Time
I'm aware that this is purely conceptual rather than an actual idea of how a service would be shaped, but I'd been thinking about Time. Advent Sunday is the beginning of the liturgical calendar, and the run up to Christmas often has a "here we go again" feel to it. I was wondering how we might juxtapose an idea of progression through time (The notion of 'salvation history', in which the incarnation is the most significant point) with the cyclical way in which we tend to measure and conceive of Time. It also occured to me to wonder about the juxtaposition of expectation and commemoration and how this tension(?) might fit with the rest of my thoughts.
Just a thought,
Bruce Forman
posted by Richard Wheeler at 12:18 PM
2 Comments:
The idea of why 'this moment' and no other was chosen for the incarnation has always fascinated me. I tried writing something once, though it wsa a bit of a failure, about the idea that it could have been any moment - it could be now - and in some ways, still is.
Hmmm...
1:29 AM
I did hear once a sermon with a good explanation of "when the time was fully come" - but I can't remember it now of course. The paradox of recreation, that everything is now as well as then as well as to come is an interesting exploration.
8:05 AM
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