Jesus didn't play little league baseball, but his Father was certainly proud!

Our reading this week comes from Mark 1:1-8. Today we focus on the first verse of this passage.

It's a new year! How will 2023 be different than 2022?

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!

What if we saw the white of snow as the beginning of something great?

The Psalmist asks an incredible question. What is there about us that causes God to care for us?

For all these requests, and so much more, LORD, hear our prayer.

Rather than worry, we can experience peace. Instead of concern we can rest in the safety of God's arms!

Some of us deal with family drama all the time. Some face ongoing arguments, betrayal, back-biting and stabbing and extreme disappointment. If we're being truthful with one another, we might have to confess that we might have caused a few of our own dramatic moments and family dramatics.

I'm certainly not a geo-political analyst, but I'm struggling to get my brain around the war in Ukraine. I'm stymied by the lack of response on a global level; just as I'm baffled that Syria has yet to find a resolution, and yet that terrible situation has fallen off the news radar. But eastern Europe isn't the only place where anger drives the powerful.