New Habits for 2025
Probably the book of 2024 that has challenged and influenced me the most is Justin Earley’s The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction.
Epiphany – Finding the “Aha” in the Everyday Puzzle
Epiphany reminds us to be open, to expect the unexpected, to know that Jesus is going to show up in new ways. Epiphany reminds us to be ready for the “ahas”—seeing Jesus in the pieces of the puzzle of everyday life, and letting God show us Jesus in new ways.
Gift of Creation
Creation can take shape in music and art and dance, but it also comes forth in words, bodily movement, building, repairing, mending, shaping. Our unique abilities to create are as vast as the creativity of our God seen around the world. And God delights in the wonder of creation (Genesis 1; Psalm 104:31). God delights in our creation.
Gaudete and Promise Rose
Putting out that pink rose is a step of faith, knowing that the rose calls us to joy even now—not a paste-on-your-face fake kind of joy, or pretending that everything is alright, but rather, a defiant, stubborn joy that calls out “Rejoice!”