In the Beginning… Again

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The first Sunday of the year is more than a calendar change; it is a threshold moment. On Epiphany Sunday, we were reminded that God’s story is always about new beginnings, even when the path ahead is not fully clear.

John’s Gospel opens not with a manger, but with creation itself: “In the beginning was the Word.” From the very start, God speaks light into darkness, life into uncertainty, and hope into places that feel worn or unfinished. Epiphany reminds us that this light did not stop shining long ago; God continues to reveal Christ in surprising ways, often beyond our expectations and assumptions.

Like the Magi, we are invited to see differently in this new year, to look up, to notice where God is already at work, and to follow the light we’ve been given, even when we don’t yet see the whole journey. This new beginning is not about perfection, but about alignment: refocusing our hearts, recalibrating our priorities, and repurposing our lives for God’s love in the world.

We were reminded that we do not begin again by our own strength. We begin again by grace. At Christ’s table, we receive that grace anew, bread broken, cup shared, love offered freely, so that we might be sent forward as people of light in a world still longing to see.

As this year unfolds, may we trust that God is still revealing, still surprising, and still making a way. And may we have the courage to begin again, in the beginning… again.