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In Faith and Love: A Layperson’s Thoughts on Drawing Near during a Pandemic

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 · Nicole M. Roccas 2

Yesterday, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 (formerly known as the novel coronavirus) is officially a global pandemic. What does (or should) this mean for those of us in Eucharistic faith traditions like Orthodoxy, for whom receiving Communion (with our actual, microorganism-harboring mouths) is central to the lived reality of faith and fellowship? Since the Church is…

A Time to Return: Finding God in Cold Season

November 30, 2018 · Nicole M. Roccas 1

So, the head cold that has been looming on the horizon lo these several weeks seems to be blossoming with a vengeance in my sinuses. It’s less the cold that’s bothering me and more the resultant fatigue. I’ve been trying to figure out how to scrap together some semblance of a blog post in this state when I…

Show notes for “A Time for Illness,” with Elissa Bjeletich

September 21, 2017 · Nicole M. Roccas

When my friend Elissa’s daughter was still a baby, she had to undergo a risky liver transplant. In the midst of a somewhat less traumatic illness (a cold), I called up Elissa to talk with her about the way time seems to slow down when we (or a loved one) is sick. This is a perfect episode for…

“Serious illness is like asceticism”: Talking about Time in Illness with Kevin Allen

September 13, 2017September 13, 2017 · Nicole M. Roccas 3

For the next week or so, the theme around here at Time Eternal is time and illness. I’ll soon be posting a podcast episode in which I talk with my friend, Elissa Bjeletich, about her experience waiting for her daughter to receive a liver transplant. In the meantime, however, I had the opportunity to talk with Kevin Allen,…