Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

So today we begin a new church year, which helps us keep track of time -- but not our time, earthly time, but God's time, heavenly time. That's why the church uses a different calendar than the world, why the church has different seasons than the world. We look at things differently. Which brings us to the words we heard today from St. Paul -- you know the time, he says -- that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep.