[[{“value”:” By Kirk McCarley A coaching colleague recently posted about time, making a distinction between the time on our watches, clocks, and calendars (chronos) vs. a more spiritual dimension of the concept (Kairos). His piece struck me as it paralleled a message I heard at a worship service where the pastor correlated the two. Clock time, chronos, is measurable, where the barometer can be evaluated through timekeeping devices such as an hourglass or calendars. Comparatively, the latter time, Kairos, is a more abstract notion that goes outside the elements of time movement. It can include those “time standing still” moments like falling in love, delivering a game-winning hit, or offering valuable wisdom to others going through difficult seasons. Providing Kairos time suggests stepping out of the rush of everyday life to offer focused, spirit-led attention that creates space for divine encounters, deep relational bonding, and impactful divine work, even if it’s just for a sacred moment. Mary Kay Ash offered that “No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.” What do you see as your availability for Kairos? Consider our rapid-paced world where we are commonly overscheduled. There is appointment after appointment, commitment after commitment, with little reserve built in. Only so much time exists, and if you have the fortune of being in demand, many people want a piece of yours. The problem with existing fully on a schedule, a chronos, is that it has limits. There are only 168 hours in...
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