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5 History Books that Changed How I See Time

August 15, 2019August 7, 2019 · Nicole M. Roccas 5

I’m trying to put together a reading list of books across fiction and nonfiction genres that have somehow shaped the way I perceive and think about time, not just spiritually but intellectually and creatively. When it’s finished in the coming months, I’ll post the list here and on Goodreads–perhaps we can start a Time Eternal book club! I’ll…

The Gift of Time: How I Made Meaningful, Inexpensive, and Beautiful Christmas Gifts for Everyone in my Family in Under an Hour

January 9, 2019January 4, 2019 · Nicole M. Roccas 4

Early last month, sandwiched between random crises, deadlines, and stressors, I wondered how in the heck I was going to do Christmas presents this year. My husband and I like to keep things homemade, but I hadn’t knit anything and knew I was quickly losing time to make anything. Plus, baked goods don’t really work for my side…

How I Prepare for the Nativity Fast (Or at Least Try To)

November 16, 2018November 13, 2018 · Nicole M. Roccas

Welcome to Day 2 of the Nativity Blogathon that I’m hosting here on Time Eternal! You can catch the first post here. I think we can all agree that the Christmas season is a lot more hectic than we’d like. On top of the Christmas parties, school concerts, work parties, and gift exchanges, for many the season also…

A Simple Life, An Unfolded Soul

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 · Nicole M. Roccas

Our culture and media resound with the call to live more simply. Interestingly, the desire to pare life down to the essentials is voiced by virtually every major segment of readers, from secular to new age to generally religious to specifically Christian crowds. There is something about our current societal, cultural, and digital predicament that activates the human…

The Cycles of the Orthodox Year II: Life in Death, Eternity in Time

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 · Nicole M. Roccas 1

“For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life” (2 Corinthians 5:4). There is a kind of life in the midst of death. Two days a week,…

Cycles of the Orthodox calendar (and why they matter)

September 26, 2016 · Nicole M. Roccas 12

The end of September marks the start of a somewhat quieter time, liturgically speaking. The next of the major feast days isn’t until 21 November (Presentation of the Theotokos) and there are no major fast periods until that of Nativity, starting on 15 November. Don’t get me wrong, there’s lots of good stuff happening in the Church between…