The apostle Paul tells us in this week’s lectionary epistle passage that once we are “in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” But in this installment of The Immediate Word, team member Dean Feldmeyer points out that all too often we are reluctant to embrace new realities. Instead, we remain attached to the familiar routine of things as we have known them and even tend to actively resist change -- or, alternatively, to yearn for the return of a nostalgic past that only exists in our imaginations.
