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New Years Resolutions. Do Less! By Lane Jordan Burday
Probably the first thing that comes to our minds on January 1 is planning our resolutions. And that’s not a bad thing! We all need to improve our lives in every area: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. But usually, it’s a list of unattainable ambitions that fall flat. In fact, 80 percent of New Year’s…
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One Word for 2026 by Lisa Burkhardt Worley, D.Min.
“Have you chosen your word for the year?” a friend asked. “I actually had not thought about it,” I responded, “but I will pray about it.” So I began praying for a word to live by in 2026, and this morning it came. “Your word is ‘prepare,’” the Holy Spirit said. This word has many…
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Do You Not See It? By Lane Jordan Burday
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland (Isaiah 43:19). It is so easy to ignore the importance of starting a new year by making the same resolutions, eating…
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Humble Hope by Dr. Lisa Burkhardt Worley
Jesus came into this world humbly, and he left humbly. He allowed himself to be born in a livestock feeding trough, and he departed this world after being crucified on a cross. But through his humble existence on this Earth and through his teachings, he gave us something that we cannot quantify—hope. Hope is a…
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Where is Your Light? By Dr. Lisa Burkhardt Worley
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5, NIV). We just celebrated the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, at our church. Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem around the 2nd century BCE. It followed the Jewish people’s victory over the Seleucid…
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God Gives His Favor by Lane Jordan Burday
Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.” (Luke 1:30) I think we all want to be liked. We want to have plenty of friends, as well as plenty of people at our workplace, in our neighborhood, or at our church who like us. Another…


















