☕️ Good morning. Every year about this time, I start to reflect back on the year. It’s hard to believe we’re in the final stretch of 2023! But as we look toward 2024 and the future, there’s so much to be grateful for, excited about, and yet, still so much work to do. Thankfully, God is continually redeeming and restoring all things.
Oh, by the way, thanks for your Christmas music comments! Here are some fun ones:
“Having worked in retail for 14 miserable years, I now avoid Christmas music—at least the Mariah Carey pop type— like the plague!”
“Music—November 1. But our tree traditionally goes up the Saturday after American Thanksgiving (and we get started early so we can cheer on Michigan Football), and we don’t start burning the lights outside until that day.”
“No Christmas music until December!”
What’s your favorite Christmas tradition? Send me an email and let me know.
—Bryan
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