Leap Day: How Clocks and Calendars Shape Us

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Leap Day: How Clocks and Calendars Shape Us

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Thinking about our relationship to time from a Judeo-Christian understanding. __________ Request your copy of Case for Life by Scott Klusendorf with a gift of any amount to the Colson Center this month at colsoncenter.org/february.

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Feb 29, 2024

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