Word of the Year

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I am a word person, and my word for 2024 was “Rise.”

I had in mind Jesus’s resurrection from the dead, getting up earlier (an unreached goal of mine every year), and overcoming obstacles.

I hadn’t thought of rising dough or the kneading it takes to ensure the rising works right. 

I haven’t had a year of suffering or anything like that, but I have felt the Lord’s gentle fists, kneading me, stretching me, tossing me- just like a man we watched in a pizza shop, working the ...