tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post747803617338166368..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Time, like an ever-rolling streamRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-70177124734481718402008-12-09T15:42:00.000-05:002008-12-09T15:42:00.000-05:00I thought at first you were going to get into the ...I thought at first you were going to get into the way our perception of time distorts our understanding of God's timelessness, but you went in another very interesting direction.<BR/><BR/>Those of us who do mission work in cultures where strict schedule-keeping is not a high priority are made keenly aware of this Euro-American phenomenon. I can testify of the church in Venezuela where services, Sunday school, or Bible study may not begin and end with predictable precision the people place greater value on the time they spend together. Great post!Jim Pembertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446388434272680014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-3141532226949683072008-12-08T11:08:00.000-05:002008-12-08T11:08:00.000-05:00Mathetes,Sounds almost like you have my job...The ...Mathetes,<BR/><BR/>Sounds almost like you have my job...<BR/><BR/>The whole "Getting up before the sun rises and getting home after its set" thing during the winter is annoying too. Wouldn't have happened without electricity. There are days where I see less than 15 minutes of sunlight. Our ancestors (even just 100 years ago) wouldn't have had to do that sort of thing.<BR/><BR/>Of course, they'd have been on a farm getting up before the sun and getting to bed after it set...but at least they would have SEEN the sun during the day!!!Peter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-5209870912348506172008-12-08T04:16:00.000-05:002008-12-08T04:16:00.000-05:00Very interesting article. I find it especially int...Very interesting article. I find it especially interesting because I've been working rotating 12-hour shifts for almost a year now and I've noticed that any pre-existing notions of time almost become meaningless. Sometimes you sleep while the sun is blazing outside. Sometimes you're taking your lunch at 4:00 in the morning. You can go to work during the day on Wednesday like everyone else but on Friday work through the night when everyone else is asleep. Not to mention the effect of spending 12 hours in a place with no windows. It's really kind of mind-bending.<BR/><BR/>Granted, I'm not complaining...I'm glad God has given me a job at all, but our era of 24/7 operations can have a very interesting effect on one's perception of time. The philosophy seems to be that since our machines can run all the time, so can our people. It almost feels like we live to serve machines sometimes.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's also a good thing that I'm not a sabbatarian, else I'd be in quite a quandary every few weeks!Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00683320115621070088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-71477067585451632262008-12-08T01:15:00.000-05:002008-12-08T01:15:00.000-05:00Living Time by Maurice Nicoll. If you can find it....<I>Living Time</I> by Maurice Nicoll. If you can find it.The Puritanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200009028083050918noreply@blogger.com