The Habit

James K.A. Smith Inhabits Time

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Oct 17, 2022
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INSIGHT

Time As Creaturely Gift

  • James K.A. Smith argues inhabiting time is not time management but accepting our temporality as creatures.
  • He says spiritual timekeeping means receiving gifts shaped by our past and future rather than mastering time.
INSIGHT

Past Shapes Present Identity

  • Smith emphasizes our past is not behind us but carried forward as formation of who we are.
  • He claims our singularity arises because no one else lived our specific history and habits.
ADVICE

Start With Reckoning, Not Mastery

  • Cultivate awareness of how time and habit shape you before trying to change your future.
  • Use that reckoning as the start of intentional living, not quick fixes or mastery schemes.
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