Modern American life has conflated the end of time — that is, the eschaton — with everyday time. We are living each day in a panic as though it is the last day. We are scurrying through each hour as though it is the only hour for work or rest or play or relationships…or all of them at once! We experience each moment as though it is a deadline, an end, a final chance for productivity.
We are not waiting for The End Of Time to live at the end of time.
The primary challenge of this chronological and ontological fusion is the loss of perspective. For people of faith, in particular, it is the loss of joyful perspective.
Continue reading my article in Huffington Post’s Religion section…