Ready or not… a new year of ministry has begun (or will soon begin).

And the reality is that some of us… are not ready.

Many more of us find ourselves much less ready than we’d like to be.

Some of us find ourselves in a place of spiritual, emotional or mental distress.

We don’t feel ready for a new year.

Not for the return of students, the start of classes or the work of serving as pastor to a rapidly moving community.