• Honoring the Time-Setter: The Lord of the New Year

    Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Typically people welcome the new year with a cacophony of merrymaking noises – boisterous cheers, blaring party blowers, glittering sparklers, dazzling fireworks, and of course, a countdown. The hours leading up to and immediately following this boisterous moment are times of much partying which generally involves dining, drinking, dancing, dallying,…

  • Pause, Ponder, Position for the New Year

    Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes  Hello, my dear sisters in Christ. A blessed Thursday morning to you all!  The hustle and bustle of the Christmas Season is, for now, at a lull. In a day or two, the hurried climate will again pick up, and will reach its peak at the strike of the new…