In rhetoric kairos is a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved. From Wordnik.com. [January 2007] Reference
It describes a decisive moment, perhaps a "kairos" time. From Wordnik.com. [NextReformation] Reference
"kairos," a specific time, and so of short duration. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
We'd like for you to be the next embodiment of kairos. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Flash: Opportunity] Reference
In kairos, you simply are, from the moment of your birth on. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
The document - "Building the peace: a kairos on violent crime". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Diary #56: “What is time?”] Reference
Process log: Nearly a month ago Kelli posted in her blog about kairos. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Flash: Opportunity] Reference
The closest we get in English to kairos is something like "a good time.". From Wordnik.com. [Flow/flOw.] Reference
I've never applied kairos to mystery conventions, but you know what, you're right, Alex. From Wordnik.com. [Faire Time] Reference
I've never encountered anyone that so strongly had the gift of seeing kairos in their life. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Flash: Opportunity] Reference
In short, he's describing kairos time, rather than our more typical chronos understanding thereof. From Wordnik.com. [Flow/flOw.] Reference
A comparison between the two words would be that chronos is quantitative while kairos is qualitative. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Diary #56: “What is time?”] Reference
To do that, I believe we have much to learn from kairos. From Wordnik.com. [Boagworld recommends] Reference
"Here, in this room, you can do kairos," Castaneda said. From Wordnik.com. [MercedSun-Star.com: front] Reference
Let me give you my maybe inadequate ... kairos: Dave, a question. From Wordnik.com. [Uncommon Descent] Reference
"Now is the time (kairos) of your salvation" (2 Corinthians 6: 2). From Wordnik.com. [internetmonk.com] Reference
At the same time, kairos renews the value of professional web writing. From Wordnik.com. [Boagworld recommends] Reference
That's where the other etymological root of kairos, archery, sheds light. From Wordnik.com. [Boagworld recommends] Reference
The ancient Greeks had two words for time: kairos and chronos, he explained. From Wordnik.com. [MercedSun-Star.com: front] Reference
I believe this is the kairos moment for us to explore new ways of doing things. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Today] Reference
This is God's time - our kairos moment - and it has been coming for a long time. From Wordnik.com. [Blogging Religiously] Reference
This is God's time - our kairos moment - and it has been coming for a long time …. From Wordnik.com. [PRELUDIUM] Reference
Slide 34: Assignment • Pray to have the ability to - Recognize the kairos moments. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
In Greek, the word for this is kairos, which roughly translates means the right time. From Wordnik.com. [Berks county news] Reference
Clues to understanding kairos lie in its dual etymological roots: Weaving and archery. From Wordnik.com. [Boagworld recommends] Reference
Greek rhetoricians defined kairos as saying or doing the right thing at the right time. From Wordnik.com. [Boagworld recommends] Reference
Then if kairos means here what it does in almost every other passage, where it occurs in the. From Wordnik.com. [A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians] Reference
“The ancient Greeks believed in two kinds of time, Karen: chronos and kairos. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
This is a very profound and kairos moment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2005] Reference
In children, kairos can break through chronos. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
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