Now that the feast of Epiphany has come and gone, we slip back into Ordinary Time for a season in between two grand collections of seasons.

Personally, I like to mark the entire period between the feast of Epiphany and the season of Lent as the Epiphany season, as the message of Epiphany seems to reverberate into the days and weeks that follow. Some churches do this as well, calling this period the season of Epiphany or marking it as Ordinary Time but counting the weeks based on the feast that has shaped them (“the first Sunday after Epiphany,” “the second Sunday after Epiphany,” and so on). Still, there are others who mark this period simply as Ordinary Time I, distinguishing it from the other, much longer period of Ordinary Time (II) that picks up after the feast of Pentecost and leads us right up into Advent and a new liturgical year.

However you mark this season we find ourselves in, Jenn and I cover it all in our latest episode of the Sacred Ordinary Days Podcast. We also talk about two practices we find essential to our everyday lives and are perfect for establishing during these Ordinary days—crafting a Rule of Life and cultivating a Morning Ritual. Listen closely and you’ll hear a discount code for $5 off my 31 Days to a Meaningful Morning online course, available through February 10, 2016. And, while you’re at it, check out my own Rule of Life written with the pilgrim in mind.

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