I almost forgot that I got a request for a blog post re-run the other night from Nicodemus. Since I don’t get many of those (or any, come to think of it), I’m happy to oblige. Especially since the information I’m passing along on there is one of my favorite observations about how the Orthodox view the passage of time.

So the link is HERE, and for those who like to cut to the chase, just read the third paragraph in the section called “The same but different.”

For those who want the bottom line even BEFORE they cut to the chase, the point is that no matter how much you think your life might be a kind of rat race, running round and round on the same track, you’re actually on more of a Slinky. Which is a good thing. Confused yet? Read on.