I wrote some new words on time and the church year for Christianity Today:

The church year is not a tool reserved for the sophisticated or elite. It’s a family heirloom available to all believers and churches—Baptist, nondenominational, Pentecostal, Anglican, or otherwise. Imagine a parent who leaves a family heirloom for all their children, only to discover the kids are shouting and fighting over who gets to use the gift that was meant for all. Whether a church or a family embraces it all or only some, the church year is the church’s ancestral gift to be received with thanks, never superiority.