One of the main reasons I converted to Judaism was because of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s book “The Sabbath.” He describes the Judaism as making temples in time rather than in space. The Sabbath, he says, is really time out of time, a chance to take off the watch, turn off the phone, and live in “eterity” or the “Kingdom of God” (or whatever you want to call it) from sundown to sundown for one day a week.

Adam and I haven’t mastered our observance of the Sabbath — in fact we’re pretty horrible! — but it’s my goal anyway.

P.S. We’re rooting for Joanna. Come on Baby!

I really like your posts on time. You know, Martin Heidegger famously equated time with existence as if to suggest that time is just what we do until we die; or perhaps less morbidly, that are lives are nothing other than the composite of times spent doing things. In light of this, time management is an interesting thing because sometimes our desire to manage exists only in abstraction from daily necessities, whereas the real flow of time cannot be separated from these things.

Motherhood is really something to bring that home!

In a more personal note: Joanna and I are trying. I’m sure she will look to your blog for inspiration.