Dear saints, as we find ourselves in the first days of a new year, an opportunity that often brings a sense of possibility and anticipation, I want to encourage us together to remember that our hope is built on God’s grace and peace. It might not take long for those resolutions to be compromised or abandoned. Reading news headlines will quickly reveal the fact that the newness we had hoped for, the fresh start we toasted on New Year’s Eve at midnight, might not have much permanence or reliability. Especially if we passively hope for this newness without embracing our discipleship as followers of Jesus! I will remind you that our focus as the Metropolitan New York Synod is to “live like Christ in our communities.”
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