Pastor's Note: December 29, 2024

Dear Friends,
Happy & Holy New Year! 

 Auld Lang Syne. From the Scots language, translated into English, literally, old long since.  Or colloquially, times long past. 

 Is there virtue in nostalgia? Maybe. (My vote is no.) 

Spilled milk. 
Ships sailed. 
Toothpaste out.

Jesus says, “God is a God of the living not the dead” (Mk 12:27).

In another place, Jesus says, “No one who puts their hand to plow and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God” (Lk 9:62). 

So, 2025. 
Step 1: Download the Hallow app onto your phone on Sunday, December 29. 
Step 2: Register for a FREE account. (There are subscription accounts that accesses more content). 
Step 3: Scroll down and find the “Bible in a Year Podcast” (This content included in the “FREE Subscription”).  
Step 4: Start listening on Sunday, December 29. 
Step 5: Listen every day for the next 366 days, without exception. No excuses. No procrastination. 
Step 6: Receive what the Lord wants to give.

 While you’re thinking about that, think about this:
1. The Bible in the Year Podcast was Apple’s #1 downloaded podcast in 2021 and 2022. 
2. The Bible is THE story of who God is, who we are, who we are with God and what God wants to reveal and tell and teach us. 
3. You have time for this. 
4. You need to do this. 
5. Fr Mike Schmitz, who leads the “Bible in a Year”, also has “Catechism in a Year”. That, too, is available on the Hallow app. 

 Auld Lang Syne…Boring.

Jesus, in the Book of Revelations, chapter 3, verse 20: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.”

 Jesus, in the Book of Revelations, chapter 21, verse 5: “Behold, I make all things new.”

 Happy & Holy 2025!