"The church that takes seriously the fact that Jesus is Lord of all time will not just celebrate quietly every time we write the date on a document or letter, will not just set aside Sunday as far as humanly and socially possible as a celebration of God's new creation (and will point out the folly of the seven-day working week), will not just seek to order its own life in an appropriate rhythm of worship and work. Such a church will also seek to bring wisdom, and freshly humanizing order, to the rhythms of work in offices and shops, in local government, in civic holidays, and in the shaping of public life. These things cannot be taken for granted. . . The reclaiming of time as God's good gift (as opposed to time simply a commmodity to be spent for one's own benefit, which often means fresh forms of slavery for others) is not an extra to the church's mission. It is central."
-N.T. Wright (Surprised by Hope, 266)
May the next 40 days be a living out of the great redemption we have in Christ (and, of course, the 40 after...and after...)!
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