January 1

Beloved of Good Shepherd Church,

Grace to you and peace in Jesus Christ our Lord!

Merry Christmas! 

I pray that the gift of God’s love has filled you to overflowing with a felt sense of the presence of Jesus Christ in your life. I pray also that as we round the corner into the start of a new year, you are filled with hope. The future is bright! We are partners with God on a mission to cast light in the darkness, to spread peace where there is conflict, and to sew seeds of love all along the way.

We are the wild ones whose idealism confronts the cynicism of the headlines. We are dressed in the “armor of light” emboldened as “prisoners of hope” tasked with the simple, joyful work of loving whoever and whatever is right in front of us.

I give thanks to God for his gift of you to me, our church, and the wider world. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Remember this always - God loves you, and I love you too!

Love is all, 

Hendree+