A New Year

 Well, you know what they say about good intentions and the infernal paving scheme.

I have decided that much as I encourage people to be kind to one another AND themselves, I am going to give myself a break and much as I would love to be creating content here regularly and see something of a renewal of this blog, I tend to have many other ways in which I share my thoughts, devotions, and considerations - including the blog at St John the Divine, and on the St John's social media accounts, as well as on my own Socials, and on our YouTube Channel. 

That said, when I have a moment, I will try to drop by here and share whatever is going on in my brain and heart... 

And here's a link to something I wrote today for our local newspaper about our faith evolving as we go. 



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