DAILY READING Isaiah 55:6-13 REFLECTION   "NEW YEAR, NEW YOU" By Katie Borden So, how are you doing with your New Year’s resolution? If you’re like me, you took until about January 3rd to actually make one, and then broke it by January… 5th. In our society, we talk a lot about fresh starts this time of year. Resolutions, #NewYearNewMe and the like are plastered all over our social media pages. We are made to feel like the goals that were out of reach the other 364 days of the year are...

DAILY READING Ezekiel 34:23-31 , John 10:11 REFLECTION   THE GOOD SHEPHERD By Katie Borden There is a verse of “Joy to the World” that we don’t often sing but that happens to have one of my favorite lines in the entirety of the hymnody: No more let sin or sorrow grow Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. “He comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found.” What a fantastic, hopeful statement about the love and power of our...

DAILY READING Acts 3:11-26 REFLECTION   Not The Same Person By Katie Borden Have you ever bumped into someone you knew in a previous season of life and thought, “they are not the same person!”? I had this experience recently at my nephew’s baseball game. I ran into a friend who had really settled into himself and together with his wife had built a life their family could be content with. He is not the same person I once knew, and I’m so happy for him. We see this happening in our passage...