No.
195 January 2008
COLIN’S NEW YEAR
REFLECTION
http://www.
dunblanecathedral.
org.
ukADDRESS
Trumpet Call
“We go through the
motions of waking,
working, eating, relaxing, more conscious
of the minutes than
the years.
We feel the
tyranny of the clock
but...
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No.
195 January 2008
COLIN’S NEW YEAR
REFLECTION
http://www.
dunblanecathedral.
org.
ukADDRESS
Trumpet Call
“We go through the
motions of waking,
working, eating, relaxing, more conscious
of the minutes than
the years.
We feel the
tyranny of the clock
but forget the larger
calendar of a life”
IT’S January, the beginning
of another year.
So here’s a
story about time, related by
Jonathan Sacks, the Chief
Rabbi.
Two elderly Jews
who haven’t seen each other
in fifty years meet, slowly
recognise one another and
embrace.
They go back to the
apartment of one of them to
talk about the days long ago.
Time
The conversation goes on
for hours.
Night falls.
One
asks the other, “Look at your
watch.
What time is it?” “I
don’t have a watch,” says the
second.
“Then look at the
clock.
” “I don’t have a clock.
”
“Then how do you tell the
time?”
“You see that trumpet in the
corner? That’s how I tell the
time.
” “You’re crazy,” says the
first, “How can you tell the
time with a trumpet?” “I’ll
sho
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