I want a first pass reaction. It's the start of a new year. What's your soul doing with that? I can already feel the pressure. Like goo? I don't I don't know.

2023 has been a crazy year. what's 2024 going to look like.

I tell you what my soul is doing. I'm not ready.

I mean, just...

Hey, everybody, welcome to the January 1st

2024 podcast happy new year happy new year

happy new year we are in the studio, but not on the first recording this because obviously we needed to get this done

a little bit ahead of time, but happy new year.

Everybody, welcome back.

Alex, Alan in the studio this week.

Welcome, guys.

Yeah, good to be here.

Yeah, good to see you.

We're gonna do a little two-part series on entering into your year with some grace and some focus and some plans, right?

Some preparation into your year. But before we do that explanation of the

Christmas lights yeah well it's definitely after Christmas when this airs

but we decided to keep it up because of Advent.

And the reminder that Christmas tide isn't over until January 6th.

And this is a January 1st podcast, so we wanted to leave it up as a visual reminder of where we are in the season.

Right, the 12 days of Christmas, we are now in what is called Christmas tide and I know, I know everybody is,

I mean they're already off to the next

gone just gone but but in the history of the church there was some wisdom to not

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