Welcome to a new year!

In one sense it is all a bit arbitrary. The calendar tells us that 2017 has ended and 2018 has begun. And so we mark the occasion as  a time of transition and change. The reality is that not much changed between 11:59pm on December 31st and 12:01am on January 1st. Except, of course, everything changed. Not because we turned a page on the calendar, but because everything is always changing. Everything is always new, in every moment. There is an old saying that you can’t step twice in the same river. Each moment of our life offers us the opportunity to be refreshed and renewed. We need not wait for New Year’s Eve. We can begin right here and right now. But it can be difficult to remember that sort of thing all the time, so we take advantage of occasions such as New Year’s to remind ourselves. We make resolutions. We seek to pay attention to our dreams and aspirations. We open ourselves to fresh new possibilities in our lives and in our world. And God is always there waiting to guide and inspire and empower us to live more fully and completely into our potential – 365 days a year. I look forward to walking with you through this new year as together we experience all the opportunities and wonders which will unfold before us.

- Roger Lynn
(keeping my feet firmly planted in the flow)