When You Want a Different New Year & It All Feels Like Too Much

I honestly don’t know. And who actually really does? Certainty may sell — but as I marked out certain dates on the calendar this week, trying to map out this coming year, I kept thinking that I really don’t know what will happen by March, where we will all be by mid-June, what could all have unfolded by next September. Everywhere you turn, as this old hurting world keeps on turning, headlines are made to make your head spin fast & your brave heart break.   How’s everyone feeling about their initial 7-day free-trial for 2026?   In the midst of all kinds of uncertainty, strikingly, the disciples didn’t turn and ask Jesus: “Lord, teach us to strategize for the days ahead.” Nor did they ask, “Lord, teach us how to prep, manage, reduce risk, contingency plan, or build habits, so we keep our heads above water & the days ahead are better than these.”  When feeling pressed up against all kinds of uncertainty, what Jesus’ disciples then, and Jesus’ disciples now, see as their most pressing need is: “Lord, teach us to pray.”  When you’re standing in the unknown, what you really need to know is how to pray.  You have […]