Volume MMXXV , Number 1

2025 is here ! I hope that you had a blessed Advent Season and a Merry Christmas ! Are you the type of person who makes New Year ’ s resolutions ? Do you keep them ? I quit making New Year ’ s resolutions years ago because I discovered I wasn ' t very good at keeping them . I think on some level , we all have things about ourselves that we would like to change . Many of us can relate to the sentiments expressed by the Apostle Paul in Romans 7 , “ Why do I do the things I shouldn ’ t and fail to do the things I should ?” And there you have it – our human condition of imperfection . continued . . .