The night is the time of contemplation, isolation, and revelation.
Like a rainy weekend, the perpetual night in Longyearbyen's winter can be a time of contemplation.
"The authors successfully address the seeming exoticism of the Amish without sensationalism... Particular attention is paid to debunking myths surrounding the teenage rite of Rumspringa, a time of contemplation before full commitment to the church through baptism.
Today marks the beginning of the forty-day Christian liturgical season known as Lent, a time of reflection, contemplation, and perhaps even sacrifice in preparation for the coming of the Holy Week that culminates in the celebration of Christ's Easter resurrection.
For Passover is not merely a celebration of the triumphant emancipation of the Hebrew slaves of old, it is also a time for contemplation of the basic human phenomena that seem to recur time and time again throughout history: The enslavement of one people by another, the price through which freedom is obtained and even the obscure difference between internal and external freedoms.
But it is also an inward journey, a time of quiet contemplation, when, encased in an element at once hostile and familiar, I find myself at peace, able - and eager - to flex my mind, imagine new possibilities, to work things out without the startling interruptions of human voice or modern life.
For a Ninja, sleep is a time of renewal, contemplation, and rejuvenation.
Two landing craft - Landing Craft Guns, or LCGs - were battered by the elements and, on the evening of what should have been a time of quiet contemplation, were sunk within sight of the shore.
It's a time of fasting, contemplation and increased charitable giving for many of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims.
It was during this time of snowy contemplation that we had time to ponder the spring and the joy it brings.
"Surfing has a spiritual side, it's a time of quiet contemplation," he said in an interview with Surf City News.
