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Welcome to the first fresh Table of 2025.

A New Year is only an imaginary line on a calendar, but there’s something about a fresh start that appeals to us.  I think it might be because we all know we need one.  The coming of the greatest fresh start the world has ever been offered was celebrated a few days ago.  And now, we have just stepped into a lesser one.  Brand new in some ways; same old in others.

Thanksgiving preceded Christmas and a New Year comes along like an encore to grant us one more song of gratitude.  To be grateful for the year that was.  To be grateful for whatever possibilities lie ahead.  To be grateful for the journey that will be.  One gratitude for what just happened.  The next for all we anticipate in the next 12 months.  The final gratitude for all we hope to be declaring one year from now.

Today’s episode explores the season that has not quite left us yet.  The world may be hastening on; there is no need for our souls to join the rush.  You’re invited one more time to “rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing!”

Featuring “May You Find a Light” by Josh Garrels (Used by Permission through Musicbed).