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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon

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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Every time a new year comes close, something in me start feeling that weird mix of excitement and heaviness. Maybe you know the feeling too—like you’re standing at this invisible doorway. One foot in the old year (the stuff you want to forget but somehow still sticks to you like stubborn glue), and the other foot stepping into something you still can’t see clearly. And sometimes you’re hopeful, sometimes you’re scared, sometimes you’re… well, both at the same time. I was thinking about all that while reading some Scriptures again, and honestly, it hit me harder this year. Maybe because life been kinda loud lately, or maybe because I’m tired of pretending everything always makes sense. But the Bible does this thing, right? It sneaks into the parts of your heart you thought you cleaned up, and suddenly you realize God is trying to talk to you again. Even if it feels like you weren’t exactly listening. S...

Today's the church in Euorope

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Today's the church in Euorope Photo by sfmmy on Unsplash I'm glad you’re here—it feels good to settle in and reflect together. Today I want to write about the church in Europe , piece by piece, letting our thoughts wander and our hearts lean in. I’ll try to go verse by verse—well, more like themes and scriptural rhythms, because the “church in Europe” isn’t just one verse, but a living story of faith, history, hope, struggle. And yes—I’ll admit: I’ll let the grammar fall a little here and there, let the sentences bend, because we’re human. Real life is not always polished. Setting the Scene Before we dig into specific verses, one quick bit of context—just so we can root ourselves. Europe, as a continent, carries an enormous Christian heritage. According to the document Ecclesia in Europa by Pope John Paul II, the Church in Europe is called to a new conversion, even while acknowledging the great role it’s had through the centuries. vatican.va +1 I imagine the church there n...