Object: A brown paper sack in which I have placed several different styles of calendars, an egg timer, a mechanical timer, and an alarm clock.

Lesson: Attitudes; time; control; New Year's Day.

Text: "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."

Whether by serendipity or grace (if, in fact, there is a difference), light snow during the night has conveniently set the stage for my talk with the children. I begin with an imagined conversation: " 'There's just not enough of it,' Sarah wailed to her brother and sisters. " 'It's melting away!' Mary cried with distress. " 'It IS going much too fast,' Jason agreed. " 'I don't think it's going fast enough,' Sally objected. "Just then, their mother stepped to the door and said, 'Come in for supper, children. It will…