Church Time re-visited

I read that unread post myself and I realize that 'church time' no longer is a part of my life now that I'm retired.

I now read 4 or 6 books a week. Given that I've been retired since April of 2010, I've read over 165 books since I've been retired. I've always read a lot, but when I was a full-time priest I usually read 1 or 2 books a week. But now, I live in fiction rather than 'church time'.

I also appreciate how devoted and committed lay folks are than I did when I was on Church Time. My God, lay folks ARE The Church--not the clergy! That's just the truth and working with three churches 10-12 hours a week who practice 'Total Common Ministry' it becomes more obvious that the 99.9% of the church that are lay folks truly are the church.

And another thing--I love the church more now than I did back then. And I'm much more optimistic about the future than I ever was when I was a full time priest.

"Church time" is way out of touch with "Real Time". Real time is about church, surely, for many people, but Real Time is about family and work and friends and figuring out life.

I'm happy not to live in "Church Time" any more.

Real Time is much more fun.....